It is injurious to the mind as well as to the body to be always in one place and always surrounded by the same circumstances.
From Richard Jefferies
I desire a greatness of soul, an irradiance of mind, a deeper insight, a broader hope.
Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.
That I may have the soul-life, the soul-nature, let divine beauty bring to me divine soul.
I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.
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.
Now is eternity; now is the immortal life.
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.
Is there anything so delicious as the first exploration of a great library - alone - unwatched?
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.
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