A portrait has one advantage over its original: it is unconscious; and you may therefore admire without insulting it. I have seen portraits which have more. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
The word good has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
Why should conservationists have a positive interest in… farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat. – Wendell Berry
I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences. – Margaret J. Wheatley