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“There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.”

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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

“This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer.”

Thinking May Mean Done Suffering Prayer Lord Possibility Praying Gods Will Spite Our Prayers Thy Will Be Done

Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel

Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel

“Not just self-restraint, that old killjoy, but communal restraint.”

Self Restraint Self Restraint Killjoy

Author:Wendell Berry

“A change of heart or of values without a practice is only another pointless luxury of a passively consumptive way of life.”

Way Heart Values Practice Luxury Pointless Change Of Heart

Book:The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“Our model citizen is a sophisticate who, before puberty, understands how to produce a baby, but who at the age of thirty will not know how to produce a potato”

Knows Age Know How Produce Baby Citizens Models Thirty Potatoes Puberty

Book:The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“A significant part of the pleasure of eating is in one’s accurate consciousness of the lives and the world from which food comes.”

World Pleasure Consciousness Food Eating Significant Accurate

Book:The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“To re-embrace what I once loved about music has been a warming process for me, because it's a good, earned feeling now.”

Has Beens Feelings Process Embrace

Author:Billy Corgan

“Long live gravity! Long live stupidity, error, and greed in the palaces of fantasy capitalism!”

Long Fantasy Capitalism Errors Greed Stupidity Gravity Palaces

Book:Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

Source: Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

“The two great aims of industrialism — replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy — seem close to fulfillment.”

People Two Hands Seems Wealth Technology Aim Fulfillment Concentration Replacements Plutocracy Concentration Of Wealth

Book:It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays

Source: It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays

“When you are new at sheep-raising and your ewe has a lamb, your impulse is to stay there and help it nurse and see to it and all. After a while you know that the best thing you can do is walk out of the barn.”

Knows Helping Can Do Walks Impulse Best Things Nurse Sheep Lambs Barns

Author:Wendell Berry

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