Richard Jefferies

An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart.

It is quite true that women like courage, and that boldness often goes a long way; but it is questionable whether with high-bred natures a subdued, quiet, and delicate manner does not go still further.

The impression left after watching the motions of birds is that of extreme mobility - a life of perpetual impulse checked only by fear.

Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.

This sunlight linked me through the ages to that past consciousness.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.