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Wendell Berry Quotes: It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.
         

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.


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People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.



The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.



It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.



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

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



Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.

Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.



I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief.... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.



We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.

We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.



You cannot save the land apart from the people, or the people apart from the land.

You cannot save the land apart from the people, or the people apart from the land.



Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.

Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.



Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.





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Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a structured story and retain idiosyncrasy.

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If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm and You are the music.

If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm and You are the music.



He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.

He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.



The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.



The world we live in is the world we choose to live in, whether consciously or unconsciously. If we choose bliss, that's what we get. If we choose misery, we get that, too.

The world we live in is the world we choose to live in, whether consciously or unconsciously. If we choose bliss, that's what we get. If we choose misery, we get that, too.



There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.

There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.



Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new dreams; there is no truth Saving in thine own heart.

Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new dreams; there is no truth Saving in thine own heart.




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