Positive Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat. Wendell Berry 11
Natur Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a... Wendell Berry 9
Peace I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Wendell Berry 14
Death To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death... Wendell Berry 11
Death The fertility cycle is a cycle entirely of living creatures passing again and again through birth, growth, maturity, death, and decay. Wendell Berry 11
Alone We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough... Wendell Berry 12
be the best 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... Wendell Berry 15
Death It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that... Wendell Berry 16
