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Wendell Berry Quotes

Wendell Berry quotes about life

American Poet August 5, 1934

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You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this: “Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.” I am not all the way capable of so much, but those are the right instructions. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except..."
He had nothing he could do with is life's work now except leave it to a man who thought nothing of it. Wendell Berry
I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world minute by minute, only once, never to be repeated. And this is when I see that this life is a miracle, absolutely worth having, absolutely worth saving. We are alive within mystery, by miracle. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom..."
The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life. Wendell Berry
The chance you had is the life you've got. You can make complaints about what people, including you, make of their lives after they have got them, and about what people make of other people's lives, ...but you mustn't wish for another life. You mustn't want to be somebody else. Wendell Berry
Battle with unconditioned breath the unconditioned air. Shun electric wire. Communicate slowly. Live a three-dimensional life; stay away from screens. Wendell Berry
So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater, no longer at all belonging to himself. Wendell Berry

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