Wendell Berry

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#clutter #life #life

You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#rebellion #civilization

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#mercy #law

Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#loneliness #travel #courage

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#inspirational

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

#economy

What I stand for is what I stand on. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#inspirational #inspirational

Eating is an agricultural act. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#food #politics #food

...And we pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear. What we need is here. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#inspirational

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#freedom #change