At this point, I want to say point-blank what I hope is already clear: though agrarianism proposes that everybody has agrarian responsibilities, it does not propose that everybody should be a farmer or that we do not need cities. Nor does it propose that every product be a necessity. Furthermore, any thinkable human economy would have to grant to manufacturing an appropriate and honorable place. Agrarians would insist only that any manufacturing enterprise should be formed and scaled to fit the local landscape, the local ecosystem, and the local community, and that it should be locally owned and employ local people. They would insist, in other words, that the shop or factory owner should not be an outsider, but rather a sharer in the fate of the place and the community. The deciders should live with the results of their decisions. Wendell Berry
We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs.
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Joseph Bruchac
We are seeds as well as parasites to the earth. We can either give or take, depending on our perception of growth.
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Zephyr McIntyre
God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.
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Francis Bacon
If you are what you eat, you are what you see and hear.
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E.a. Bucchianeri
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
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Colin Beavan
More Quotes By Wendell Berry
Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
What I stand for is what I stand on.
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