Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Wendell Berry

Quote by Wendell Berry

“Geese appear high over us, / pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, / as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear / in the ancient faith: what we need / is here. And we pray, not / for new earth or heaven, but to be / quiet in heart, and in eye, / clear. What we need is here.”

Quote by Wendell Berry

Book:New Collected Poems
Create image

Work

New Collected Poems

This book compiles a wide range of poems, showcasing the author's poetic style and thematic concerns across various works. more

Author

Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry, an American novelist born on August 5, 1934, is renowned for his profound descriptions of rural life and his critical views on modern industrial civilization. more

You May Also Like

“Like no other illness, AIDS tests our ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes - to empathize with the plight of our fellow man. While most would agree that the AIDS orphan or the transfusion victim or the wronged wife contracted the disease through no fault of their own, it has too often been easy for some to point to the unfaithful husband or the promiscuous youth or the gay man and say This is your fault. You have sinned. I don't think that's a satisfactory response. My faith reminds me that we all are sinners.”

ThinkingMenFightingEasyAbilityWifeYouthGayHusbandDiseaseTestsAgreeFellowsVictimFaultsResponseShoesIllnessAidsSinnerFellow ManOrphanGay MenUnfaithfulPlightWrongedPromiscuous
Book:Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House
Create image

“Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect in all of these; work, they will come. He who has given up all attachment, all fear, and all anger, he whose whole soul has gone unto the Lord, he who has taken refuge in the Lord, whose heart has become purified, with whatsoever desire he comes to the Lord, He will grant that to him. Therefore worship Him through knowledge, love, or renunciation.”

IfsHeartDifferentSoulWholeDesireGivenPerfectLordEnemyGoneTakenWorshipAngerForgivingInjuryAttachmentGrantsNot AfraidRefugeGiven UpNot PerfectChastityRenunciation
Book:Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature
Create image