It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.
Wendell BerryTo define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.
Wendell BerryReverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding.
Wendell BerryThere are two laws that we had better take to be absolute. The first is that as we cannot exempt ourselves from living in this world, then if we wish to live, we cannot exempt ourselves from using the world. If we cannot exempt ourselves from use, then we must deal with the issues raised by use. And so the second law is that if we want to continue living, we cannot exempt use from care.
Wendell Berry