Wendell Berry Famous Quotes



To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

"In health the flesh is graced, the holy enters the world."


Wendell Berry Quotations






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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
M Scott Peck

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom Robbins

"I have felt it and lived it and now it leaves me here, love is the ultimate pain and joy, without it you die with it you perish."
Christopher S Drew

In Lebanon there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.
Ariel Sharon

"I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them."
Titus Livius

Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.
J Frank Dobie

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things.
John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

"No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humaneness."
Robert Oxton Bolt

"We know what the animals do, what are the needs of the beaver, the bear, the salmon, and other creatures, because long ago men married them and acquired this knowledge from their animal wives. Today the priests say we lie, but we know better."
Native American

"Life goes through changes so fast, you think your life is great, than one of your best friends dies. Then you think you found someone you truly love, only to figure out, she doesn't love you back. You cry and cry and cry, but nothing changes. You realize, that you must accept things for what they are, and what they have made you become.Everything in life changes you in some way. Even the smallest things. If you do not accept these changes, you do not accept yourself. For through these changes brings new and greater things to you, making you wiser, as time progresses. To avoid these changes is a loss. You only live your life once. Do not waste a minute of it avoiding things. Let them come to you, and learn from them. There's always tomorrow."
Adam R Gwizdala