What did Wendell Berry mean by: I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. Wendell Berry Writer · USA Copy
Don’t pray for the rain to stop; pray for good luck fishing when the river floods. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Adaptability, Hope, Resilience, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
+ Eating is an agricultural act. Author, September 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Wendell Berry, Agriculture, Food, Relationship, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
If the crop of any one year was all, a man would have to cut his throat every time it hailed. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Agriculture, Resilience, Sustainability, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
Without animals, something essential is removed from the minds of the farmers. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Agriculture, Connection, Dependency, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Critique, Progress, Society, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
+ Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful Author, September 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Wendell Berry, Happiness, Joy, Laughter, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
Our land passes in and out of our bodies just as our bodies pass in and out of our land Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Connection, Interdependence, Unity, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
The mercy of the world is you don’t know what’s going to happen. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wendell Berry, Mercy, Uncertainty, World, 0 Wendell Berry Writer · USA
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I just love the world around me and wanted my audience to love and appreciate it too. Jean Craighead George