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Wendell Berry Quotes

The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining... To the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty straight. We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare - warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself Picture Quote #1

When the possessions and households of citizens are no longer honored by the acts, as well as the principles, of their government, then the concentration camp ceases to be one of the possibilities of human nature and becomes one of its likelihoods Picture Quote #1

The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it Picture Quote #1

Far from making peace, wars invariably serve as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of mind are prepared for the next war Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities Picture Quote #1

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The more local and settled a culture, the better it stays put, the less the damage. It is the foreigner whose road of excess leads to a desert … a man with a machine and inadequate culture … is a pestilence. He shakes more than he can hold Picture Quote #1

A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony Picture Quote #1

What we do need to worry about is the possibility that we will be reduced, in the face of the enormities of our time, to silence or to mere protest Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war, but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and less wasteful Picture Quote #1

It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that Picture Quote #1

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We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love. To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know Picture Quote #1

Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists Picture Quote #1

One cannot reduce terror by holding over the world the threat of what it most fears Picture Quote #1

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy Picture Quote #1

If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war Picture Quote #1

If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the justice of exchanging one damage for another Picture Quote #1

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National defense through war always involves some degree of national defeat. This paradox has been with us from the very beginning of our republic. Militarization in defense of freedom reduces the freedom of the defenders. There is a fundamental inconsistency between war and freedom Picture Quote #1

Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in justice or in affirmation of rights or in defense of peace do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation Picture Quote #1

I think we must be careful about too easily accepting, or being too easily grateful for, sacrifices made by others, especially if we have made none ourselves Picture Quote #1

In the effort to tell a whole story, to see it whole and clear, I have had to imagine more than I have known Picture Quote #1

The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm Picture Quote #1

Ask the world to reveal its quietude - not the silence of machines when they are still, but the true quiet by which birdsongs, trees, bellworts, snails, clouds, storms become what they are, and are nothing else Picture Quote #1

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Small creatures die because larger creatures are hungry. How superior to this human confusion of greed and creed, blood and fire Picture Quote #1

Let me say and not mourn: the world lives in the death of speech and sings there Picture Quote #1

As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection Picture Quote #1

A farmer’s market is worth more than everything I’ve written Picture Quote #1

We live beyond words, as also we live beyond computation and beyond theory Picture Quote #1

Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don’t buy anything new Picture Quote #1

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The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining... To the tortured prisoner seems to run pretty straight. We're living, it seems, in the culmination of a long warfare - warfare against human beings, other creatures and the Earth itself (Wendell Berry Quotes) When the possessions and households of citizens are no longer honored by the acts, as well as the principles, of their government, then the concentration camp ceases to be one of the possibilities of human nature and becomes one of its likelihoods (Wendell Berry Quotes) The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can prove there is no other way to do it (Wendell Berry Quotes) Far from making peace, wars invariably serve as classrooms and laboratories where men and techniques and states of mind are prepared for the next war (Wendell Berry Quotes) 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 (Wendell Berry Quotes) We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities (Wendell Berry Quotes) The more local and settled a culture, the better it stays put, the less the damage. It is the foreigner whose road of excess leads to a desert … a man with a machine and inadequate culture … is a pestilence. He shakes more than he can hold (Wendell Berry Quotes) A teacher's major contribution may pop out anonymously in the life of some ex-student's grandchild. A teacher, finally, has nothing to go on but faith, a student nothing to offer in return but testimony (Wendell Berry Quotes) What we do need to worry about is the possibility that we will be reduced, in the face of the enormities of our time, to silence or to mere protest (Wendell Berry Quotes) 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 Quotes) The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war, but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and less wasteful (Wendell Berry Quotes) It is wrong to condemn people for doing a thing and then offer no alternative but failure. A person could get mad about that (Wendell Berry Quotes) We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love. To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know (Wendell Berry Quotes) Much of the obscurity of our effort so far against terrorism originates in the now official idea that the enemy is evil and that we are (therefore) good, which is the precise mirror image of the official idea of the terrorists (Wendell Berry Quotes) One cannot reduce terror by holding over the world the threat of what it most fears (Wendell Berry Quotes) We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy (Wendell Berry Quotes) If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war (Wendell Berry Quotes) If you know even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the justice of exchanging one damage for another (Wendell Berry Quotes) National defense through war always involves some degree of national defeat. This paradox has been with us from the very beginning of our republic. Militarization in defense of freedom reduces the freedom of the defenders. There is a fundamental inconsistency between war and freedom (Wendell Berry Quotes) Violence breeds violence. Acts of violence committed in justice or in affirmation of rights or in defense of peace do not end violence. They prepare and justify its continuation (Wendell Berry Quotes) I think we must be careful about too easily accepting, or being too easily grateful for, sacrifices made by others, especially if we have made none ourselves (Wendell Berry Quotes) In the effort to tell a whole story, to see it whole and clear, I have had to imagine more than I have known (Wendell Berry Quotes) The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm (Wendell Berry Quotes) Ask the world to reveal its quietude - not the silence of machines when they are still, but the true quiet by which birdsongs, trees, bellworts, snails, clouds, storms become what they are, and are nothing else (Wendell Berry Quotes) Small creatures die because larger creatures are hungry. How superior to this human confusion of greed and creed, blood and fire (Wendell Berry Quotes) Let me say and not mourn: the world lives in the death of speech and sings there (Wendell Berry Quotes) As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection (Wendell Berry Quotes) A farmer’s market is worth more than everything I’ve written (Wendell Berry Quotes) We live beyond words, as also we live beyond computation and beyond theory (Wendell Berry Quotes) Unless you absolutely have got to do it, don’t buy anything new (Wendell Berry Quotes)

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