The workman in the true sense of the word - the artist in guns - is either extinct, or hidden in an obscure corner. There is no individuality about modern guns. One is exactly like another. Richard Jefferies More Quotes by Richard Jefferies More Quotes From Richard Jefferies An inspiration - a long, deep breath of the pure air of thought - could alone give health to the heart. Richard Jefferies alone health heart long Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for. Richard Jefferies will me soul power The heart looks into space to be away from earth. Richard Jefferies space earth heart looks I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty. Richard Jefferies me achieve beauty believe Look at another person while living; the soul is not visible, only the body which it animates. Therefore, merely because after death the soul is not visible is no demonstration that it does not still live. Richard Jefferies live look soul death To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed on, but there is really no such thing. Richard Jefferies future soul time past Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched? Richard Jefferies alone great library exploration A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary. Richard Jefferies alone man company work The heart has a yearning for the unknown, a longing to penetrate the deep shadow and the winding glade, where, as it seems, no human foot has been. Richard Jefferies deep human shadow heart
