Miracle Quotes by Wendell Berry

8 Miracle quotes by Wendell Berry

Berry’s love for the land and simple living shines through these short thoughts on miracles, reminding us that wonder often lives in the quiet corners of daily life.

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Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It…

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I thought, He must forebear to reveal His power and glory by presenting Himself as Himself, and must be present only in…

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It is, of course, one of the miracles of science that the germs that used to be in our food have been…

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We are alive within mystery, by miracle... We have more than we can know. We know more than we can say.

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I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given…

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But in its de facto alliance with Caesar, Christianity connives directly in the murder of Creation. For in these days, Caesar is…

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To treat life as less than a miracle is to give up on it.

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The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies…

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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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