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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…

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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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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
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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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We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.
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I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…
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