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Wendell Berry quotes: The Bible's aim, as I read it, is not the freeing of the spirit from the world. It is the handbook of their interaction. The Bible's aim, as I read it, is not the freeing of the spirit from the world. It is the handbook of their interaction.
Wendell Berry quotes: Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred, Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred,
Wendell Berry quotes: The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen. The mercy of the world is you don't know what's going to happen.
Wendell Berry quotes: The way of education leads away from home. That is what we learned from our children's education. The way of education leads away from home. That is what we learned from our children's education.
Wendell Berry quotes: There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places. There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.
Wendell Berry quotes: You cannot devalue the body and value the soul Or value anything else. You cannot devalue the body and value the soul Or value anything else.
Wendell Berry quotes: The ecological principle in agriculture is to connect the genius of the place, to fit the farming to the farm. The ecological principle in agriculture is to connect the genius of the place, to fit the farming to the farm.
Wendell Berry quotes: When the self is ones exclusive subject and limit, reference and measure, one has no choice but to make a world of words. When the self is ones exclusive subject and limit, reference and measure, one has no choice but to make a world of words.
Wendell Berry quotes: A good community, in other words, is a good local economy. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.
Wendell Berry quotes: Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don't buy anything new. Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don't buy anything new.
Wendell Berry quotes: Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told. Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be told.
Wendell Berry quotes: What I stand for is what I stand on. What I stand for is what I stand on.
Wendell Berry quotes: The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of life. The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of life.
Wendell Berry quotes: Once the revolution of exploitation is under way, statesmanship and craftsmanship are gradually replaced by salesmanship. Once the revolution of exploitation is under way, statesmanship and craftsmanship are gradually replaced by salesmanship.
Wendell Berry quotes: In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world. In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world.
Wendell Berry quotes: Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly alone.
Wendell Berry quotes: Nature is always trying to tell us that we are not so superior or independent or alone or autonomous as we may think. Nature is always trying to tell us that we are not so superior or independent or alone or autonomous as we may think.
Wendell Berry quotes: Be thankful and repay Growth with good work and care. Work done in gratitude Kindly, and well, is prayer. Be thankful and repay Growth with good work and care. Work done in gratitude Kindly, and well, is prayer.
Wendell Berry quotes: Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.
Wendell Berry quotes: Long live gravity! Long live stupidity, error, and greed in the palaces of fantasy capitalism! Long live gravity! Long live
stupidity, error, and greed in the palaces
of fantasy capitalism!
Wendell Berry quotes: The presence of the present has become insistent, undeniable, and I dare not look away. The presence of the present has become insistent, undeniable, and I dare not look away.
Wendell Berry quotes: What can't be helped must be endured. What can't be helped must be endured.
Wendell Berry quotes: The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all. The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.
Wendell Berry quotes: I had reached a level of sophistication at which I could know I was fooling myself and still fool myself. I had reached a level of sophistication at which I could know I was fooling myself and still fool myself.
Wendell Berry quotes: Novelty is a new kind of loneliness. Novelty is a new kind of loneliness.
Wendell Berry quotes: He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires. He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.
Wendell Berry quotes: Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you. Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.
Wendell Berry quotes: We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare - warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself. We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare - warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself.
Wendell Berry quotes: If we do not live where we work and when we work we are wasting our lives and our work too. If we do not live where we work and when we work we are wasting our lives and our work too.
Wendell Berry quotes: The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness. The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness.
Wendell Berry quotes: The securest guarantee of the long-term good health of both farmland and city is, I believe, locally produced food. The securest guarantee of the long-term good health of both farmland and city is, I believe, locally produced food.
Wendell Berry quotes: A man who does not ask to much become the promise of his land. His marriage married to his place, he waits and does not stray. A man who does not ask to much become the promise of his land. His marriage married to his place, he waits and does not stray.
Wendell Berry quotes: The world is whole beyond human knowing. The world is whole beyond human knowing.
Wendell Berry quotes: If the crop of any one year was all, a man would have to cut his throat every time it hailed. If the crop of any one year was all, a man would have to cut his throat every time it hailed.
Wendell Berry quotes: Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well. Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well.
Wendell Berry quotes: You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says. You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.
Wendell Berry quotes: Having hope is hard; harder when you get older. Having hope is hard; harder when you get older.
Wendell Berry quotes: It's sad that we live in a society that has the refrain 'thank God it's Friday, that means you despise 5/7ths of your life. It's sad that we live in a society that has the refrain 'thank God it's Friday, that means you despise 5/7ths of your life.
Wendell Berry quotes: A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymuosly in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymuosly in the life of some ex-student's grandchild.
Wendell Berry quotes: I have always loved a window, especially an open one. I have always loved a window, especially an open one.
Wendell Berry quotes: My label is just "good farming", which isn't something you can put on a t-shirt. My label is just "good farming", which isn't something you can put on a t-shirt.
Wendell Berry quotes: I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved. I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
Wendell Berry quotes: A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land. A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land.
Wendell Berry quotes: To love anything good, at any cost, is a bargain. To love anything good, at any cost, is a bargain.
Wendell Berry quotes: At night make me one with the darknessIn the morning make me one with the light. At night make me one with the darkness
In the morning make me one with the light.
Wendell Berry quotes: Do not tax your life with forethought of grief. Do not tax your life with forethought of grief.
Wendell Berry quotes: What can't be helped must be endured, Mat Feltner said. And he was a man who knew. What can't be helped must be endured, Mat Feltner said. And he was a man who knew.
Wendell Berry quotes: And his words fell upon the table like a blessing. And his words fell upon the table like a blessing.
Wendell Berry quotes: Never forget: we are alive within mysteries." - Wendell Berry Never forget: we are alive within mysteries." - Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quotes: Thinking is the most overrated human activity. Thinking is the most overrated human activity.
Wendell Berry quotes: Corn and bean people, I'm afraid, have extremely specialized minds. Corn and bean people, I'm afraid, have extremely specialized minds.
Wendell Berry quotes: Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding. Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding.
Wendell Berry quotes: To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart. To be sane in a mad time is bad for the brain, worse for the heart.
Wendell Berry quotes: I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water.
Wendell Berry quotes: Kindness is not a word much at home in current political and religious speech, but it is a rich word and a necessary one. Kindness is not a word much at home in current political and religious speech, but it is a rich word and a necessary one.
Wendell Berry quotes: We live the given life, and not the planned. We live the given life, and not the planned.
Wendell Berry quotes: There is a use for everyone. There is a use for everyone.
Wendell Berry quotes: It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are. It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Wendell Berry quotes: But grief and griever alike endure. But grief and griever alike endure.
Wendell Berry quotes: An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars. An art that heals and protects its subject is a geography of scars.
Wendell Berry quotes: Under the pavement the dirt is dreaming of grass. Under the pavement the dirt is dreaming of grass.
Wendell Berry quotes: The principle of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of charity abroad. (pg. 260, The Idea of a Local Economy) The principle of neighborhood at home always implies the principle of charity abroad. (pg. 260, The Idea of a Local Economy)
Wendell Berry quotes: If the devil doesn't exist ... how do you explain that some people are a lot worse than they're smart enough to be? If the devil doesn't exist ... how do you explain that some people are a lot worse than they're smart enough to be?
Wendell Berry quotes: We can grow good wheat and make good bread only if we understand that we do not live by bread alone. We can grow good wheat and make good bread only if we understand that we do not live by bread alone.
Wendell Berry quotes: There comes ... a longing never to travel again except on foot. There comes ... a longing never to travel again except on foot.
Wendell Berry quotes: There is, in practice, no such thing as autonomy. Practically, there is only a distinction between responsible and irresponsible dependence. There is, in practice, no such thing as autonomy. Practically, there is only a distinction between responsible and irresponsible dependence.
Wendell Berry quotes: The promoters of the global economy ... see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world. The promoters of the global economy ... see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world.
Wendell Berry quotes: In losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation. In losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation.
Wendell Berry quotes: If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war. If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.
Wendell Berry quotes: Without animals, something essential is removed from the minds of the farmers. Without animals, something essential is removed from the minds of the farmers.
Wendell Berry quotes: There's nothing under the ground that's worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it. There's nothing under the ground that's worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.
Wendell Berry quotes: Troy went into debt and bought his new equipment because he didn't want to be held back by demanding circumstances. Troy went into debt and bought his new equipment because he didn't want to be held back by demanding circumstances.
Wendell Berry quotes: The world had become pretty generally Ceceliafied. The world had become pretty generally Ceceliafied.
Wendell Berry quotes: To mind being disliked by a woman you don't desire and are not married to is yet another serious failure of common sense. To mind being disliked by a woman you don't desire and are not married to is yet another serious failure of common sense.
Wendell Berry quotes: The mind that is not baffled, is unemployed The mind that is not baffled, is unemployed
Wendell Berry quotes: The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass. The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.
Wendell Berry quotes: Any abundance, in any amount, is illusory if it does not safeguard its producers. Any abundance, in any amount, is illusory if it does not safeguard its producers.
Wendell Berry quotes: One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss. One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss.
Wendell Berry quotes: You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work. You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work.
Wendell Berry quotes: I began to know my story then. Like everybody's, it was going to be the story of living in the absence of the dead. I began to know my story then. Like everybody's, it was going to be the story of living in the absence of the dead.
Wendell Berry quotes: For want of a Pilate of their own, some Christians would accept a Constantine or whomever might be the current incarnation of Caesar. For want of a Pilate of their own, some Christians would accept a Constantine or whomever might be the current incarnation of Caesar.
Wendell Berry quotes: Some nights in the midst of this loneliness I swung among the scattered stars at the end of the thin thread of faith alone. Some nights in the midst of this loneliness I swung among the scattered stars at the end of the thin thread of faith alone.
Wendell Berry quotes: As much as any of the old-timers, he regarded the Depression as not over and done with but merely absent for a while, like Halley's comet. As much as any of the old-timers, he regarded the Depression as not over and done with but merely absent for a while, like Halley's comet.
Wendell Berry quotes: A viable neighborhood is a community: and a viable community is made up of neighbors who cherish and protect what they have in common. A viable neighborhood is a community: and a viable community is made up of neighbors who cherish and protect what they have in common.
Wendell Berry quotes: A music attends the things of the earth. To sense that music is to be near the possibility of health and joy. A music attends the things of the earth. To sense that music is to be near the possibility of health and joy.
Wendell Berry quotes: But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present. But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.
Wendell Berry quotes: People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped by influence, by power, by us. People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped by influence, by power, by us.
Wendell Berry quotes: If we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys. If we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys.
Wendell Berry quotes: Far from making peace, wars invariably serve as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of mind are prepared for the next war. Far from making peace, wars invariably serve as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of mind are prepared for the next war.
Wendell Berry quotes: Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world. Perhaps all the good that ever has come here has come because people prayed it into the world.
Wendell Berry quotes: His work has been his necessity and his desire. His work has been his necessity and his desire.
Wendell Berry quotes: It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that. It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that.
Wendell Berry quotes: Waking up from a dream of violence is much the same as waking up from a dream of love. You must go on living your life. Waking up from a dream of violence is much the same as waking up from a dream of love. You must go on living your life.
Wendell Berry quotes: You have to be able to imagine lives that are not yours. You have to be able to imagine lives that are not yours.
Wendell Berry quotes: We can fight the global economy with a strong local economy. We can fight the global economy with a strong local economy.
Wendell Berry quotes: Why I am NOT going to buy a computer Why I am NOT going to buy a computer
Wendell Berry quotes: To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
Wendell Berry quotes: Oh Lord, make us ableTo eat all that's on this table,And if there's some we haven't gotBring it to us while it's hot Oh Lord, make us able
To eat all that's on this table,
And if there's some we haven't got
Bring it to us while it's hot
Wendell Berry quotes: We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species. We are living in the most destructive and, hence, the most stupid period of the history of our species.
Wendell Berry quotes: A Sustainable Agriculture does not deplete soils or people. A Sustainable Agriculture does not deplete soils or people.

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