Long time Quotes by Wendell Berry

9 Long time quotes by Wendell Berry

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Berry’s connection to land and time often unfolds slowly, and these nine snippets capture that measured patience. Though the set is small, it offers a clear window into his gentle, enduring perspective.

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If you're a writer and you are at all inclined to speak as a Christian in some way, you realize very quickly…

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Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.…

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You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a…

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“For what seemed a long time Mat knelt there with his father's dead wrist in his hand, while his mind arrived and…

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“For a long time then I seemed to live by the slender thread of faith, spun out from within me. From this…

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“And there is no use in saying that if we can invent the nuclear bomb and fly to the moon, we can…

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“Over a long time, the coming and passing of several generations, the old farm had settled into its patterns and cycles of…

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“If you could do it, I suppose, it would be a good idea to live your life in a straight line -…

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“Christ did not descend from the cross except into the grave. And why not otherwise? Wouldn’t it have put fine comical expressions…

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“The concept of country, homeland, dwelling place becomes simplified as "the environment" -- that is, what surrounds us, we have already made a profound…

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A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define…

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“That we can prescribe the terms of our own success, that we can live outside or in ignorance of the Great Economy are the…

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“The mind that comes to rest is tended In ways that it cannot intend: Is borne, preserved, and comprehended By what it cannot comprehend.…

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The mercy of the world is time. Time does not stop for love, but it does not stop for death and grief, either.

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The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.

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I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable to feed me. If I am going to eat meat, I want it…

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Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful

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