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Wendell Berry Quotes

Wendell Berry quotes

American Poet August 5, 1934

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Wendell Berry quote: "It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to..."
It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve. Wendell Berry
The people didn't really want to be saints of self-deprivation and hatred of the world. They knew that the world would sooner or later deprive them of all it had given them, but still they liked it. Wendell Berry
These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "[O]ne can become whole only by the responsible acceptance of..."
[O]ne can become whole only by the responsible acceptance of one's partiality. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not..."
Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Wendell Berry
The road is a word, conceived elsewhere and laid across the country in the wound prepared for it: a word made concrete and thrust among us. Wendell Berry
The promoters of the global economy...see nothing odd or difficult about unlimited economic growth or unlimited consumption in a limited world. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "Well, honey, everybody has to die sometime."
Well, honey, everybody has to die sometime. Wendell Berry
Too much of our history will seem to have taken place in the halls of capitols, where the accusers have mostly been guilty, and so have borne witness to nothing. Wendell Berry
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable from warfare. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded..."
The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "The world had become pretty generally Ceceliafied."
The world had become pretty generally Ceceliafied. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "Jesus' military career has never compelled my belief."
Jesus' military career has never compelled my belief. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet..."
Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry quote: "What can't be helped must be endured."
What can't be helped must be endured. Wendell Berry

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