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title: "3 Land Healthy Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Land Healthy quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Land Healthy sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/community-then-is-an-indispensable-term-in-any-discussion-of-the/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/wendell-berry-236_community_community-then-is-an-indispensable-term_459442.jpg)

> [We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-brooks/we-shall-never-understand-the-natural-environment-until-we-see-it-as/)

[Paul Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/paul-brooks-88041_abuse_we-shall-never-understand-the-natural-en_849400.jpg)

> [Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/community-then-is-an-indispensable-term-in-any-discussion-of-the-2/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/wendell-berry-236_community_community-then-is-an-indispensable-term_1483015.jpg)

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