To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.

Quote by Wendell Berry

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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in...

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in...

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in...

Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in...

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all...

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at...

When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our...

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.

The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or...

The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or...

The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or...

The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or...

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what...

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what...

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time:...

We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time:...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with...

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where...

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where...

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.

All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't...

All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't...

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only...

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger,...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth...

It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth...