Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.
Wendell BerryIn losing stewardship we lose fellowship; we become outcasts from the great neighborhood of creation.
Wendell BerryIf we do not serve what coheres and endures, we serve what disintegrates and destroys.
Wendell BerryWe can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to be gods.
Wendell Berry