I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…
WENDELL BERRYWhether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
More Wendell Berry Quotes
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To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we ‘know’ that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking.
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes.
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The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts.
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The only time I’ve been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
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If we can’t afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we’re in an insurmountable mess.
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.
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It means that your will and God’s will may not be the same. It means there’s a good possibility that you won’t get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.
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Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I’ve had a good life, and was born to and among people I’ve admired and loved.
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The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can’t be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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