Wendell Berry
American writer, poet and farmer (1934 to 2026); author of The Unsettling of America (1977).
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Imagination thrives on contact and tangible connection
imagination thrives on contact, on tangible connection.
neh.govSaid 23 Apr 2012This on korrents
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The disease of the modern character is specialization
The disease of the modern character is specialization.
archive.orgSaid c. 1977This on korrents
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Imagination thrives on contact and tangible connection
imagination thrives on contact, on tangible connection.
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
A responsible relationship to the world requires imagining our places in it
For humans to have a responsible relationship to the world, they must imagine their places in it.
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
The fate of the land and the fate of the people cannot be separated
There is in fact no distinction between the fate of the land and the fate of the people. When one is abused, the other suffers.
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
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Modest joy in a modest holding, not mobility, promises a stable democracy
In such modest joy in a modest holding is the promise of a stable, democratic society, a promise not to be found in “mobility”
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
A principled dissatisfaction with whatever one has promises nothing or worse
A principled dissatisfaction with whatever one has promises nothing or worse.
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
Affection, the motive of an economy that lasts, is personal or it is nothing
But the risk, I think, is only that affection is personal. If it is not personal, it is nothing
It All Turns on Affection (2012 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities) Said 23 Apr 2012
The disease of the modern character is specialization
The disease of the modern character is specialization.
The Unsettling of America (Avon, 1978 printing of the 1977 book) Said c. 1977
A culture that hopes to last must be mainly cooperative within
If a culture is to hope for any considerable longevity, then the relationships within it must, in recognition of their interdependence, be predominantly cooperative
The Unsettling of America (Avon, 1978 printing of the 1977 book) Said c. 1977
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