Richard Jefferies quotes
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“I have observed that almost all those whose labour lies in the field, and who go down to their business in the green meadows, admit the animal world to a share in the faculty of reason. It is the cabinet makers who construct a universe of automatons.”
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“I must stay under the old tree in the midst of the long grass, the luxury of the leaves, and the song in the very air. It seems as if I could feel all the glowing life the sunshine gives and the south winds calls into being.”
-- Richard JefferiesSource : Richard Jefferies (1884). “The Life of the Fields”
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“O beautiful human life! Tears come to my eyes as I think of it. So beautiful, so inexpressibly beautiful! The song should never be silent, the dance never still, the laugh should sound like water which runs forever.”
-- Richard JefferiesSource : Richard Jefferies (1883). “The Story of My Heart: My Autobiography”
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“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.”
Source : "Invest in Life Experiences" by Sean Kim, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2014.
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“Ethics and religion must not stay at home when we go to work.”
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