Best Wendell Berry Wisdom
- The acquisition of knowledge always involves the revelation of ignorance-almost is the revelation of ignorance. Acquisition
- There are some things the arrogant mind does not see; it is blinded by its vision of what it desires. Arrogant
- The form of a poem is invisible. A poem is not an "object." This is hard to accept in a mechanical age. Accept
- Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding. Ignorant
- When the self is ones exclusive subject and limit, reference and measure, one has no choice but to make a world of words. Choice
- As industrial technology advances and enlarges, and in the process assumes greater social, economic, and political force, it carries people away from where they belong… Advances
- The hierarchy of power is not the same as the hierarchy of value. A good human is higher than the animals on both scales; an… Animal
- I think the issues of identity mostly are poppycock. We are what we have done, which includes our promises, includes our hopes, but promises first. Firsts
- The world is whole beyond human knowing. Beyond
- History leaves no doubt that among of the most regrettable crimes committed by human beings have been committed by those human beings who thought of… Among
- It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and destruction that ought… Break
- I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure… Afraid
- These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it… Capable
- To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is… Death
- We cannot comprehend what comprehends us. Cannot Comprehend
- I would like you to show me, if you can, where the line can be drawn between an organism and it's environment. The environment is… Breathing
- To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know. Defend
- We are living even now among punishments and ruins. Among
- 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. Classroom
- The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly. Ability
- Individualism is going around these days in uniform, handing out the party line on individualism. Days
- People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and… Abstractions
- However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found… Always Found
- To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money,… Acceptable
- When humans act like animals, they become the most dangerous of animals to themselves and other humans, and this is because of another critical difference… Act
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