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

— Richard Jefferies

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.

— Richard Jefferies

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.

— Richard Jefferies

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

— Richard Jefferies

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

— Richard Jefferies

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

— Richard Jefferies