There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.

There are some things the arrogant mind does not see; it is blinded by its vision of what it desires.

Sabbath observance invites us to stop. It invites us to rest. It asks us to notice that while we rest, the world continues without our help. It invites us to delight in the world's beauty and abundance.

It is no more possible to live in the future than it is to live in the past. If life is not now, it is never.

The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous.

I could die in peace, I think, if the world was beautiful. To know it's being ruined is hard.

American agriculture is badly in need of diversity. Another threat to the food system of course is the likelihood that petroleum is not going to get any cheaper.