Wendell Berry

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The earth is what we all have in common.

Wendell Berry

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The world Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Wendell Berry

Source

The Unsettling of America

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture. Sierra Club Books, 1977, ch. 7.

Our hair
turns white with our ripening
as though to fly away in some
coming wind, bearing the seed
of what we know.

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Aging Wisdom

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Wendell Berry

Source

Ripening

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Berry, Wendell. "Ripening." A Part. North Point Press, 1980.

I come into the peace of wild things
Who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light.

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Man and nature Spending time in nature Nature

Author

Wendell Berry

Source

The Peace of Wild Things

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Berry, Wendell. "The Peace of Wild Things." Openings. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968.

Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands.

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Dissent Patriotism

Author

Wendell Berry

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front." The Country of Marriage. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

Love is not just a feeling; it's a practice, something you practice whether you feel like it or not.

Wendell Berry

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Love as action Nature of love Love

Speaker

Wendell Berry

Source

The Kentucky Review

Medium

Interview Academic journal

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. Quoted in "Interview with Wendell Berry." Interviewed by Vince Pennington. The Kentucky Review, Spring 1996.

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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Environmental destruction Nature

Author

Wendell Berry

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. Quoted in The Dying of the Trees, written by Charles E. Little. Viking Press, 1995, endorsement, back cover.