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Quote by Wendell Berry
I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own wher

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. – Wendell Berry

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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. – Wendell Berry

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Nature
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Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. – Wendell Berry

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Competition
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We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist. – Wendell Berry

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Gardens
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. – Dag Hammarskjold

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We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information. – David Ogden Stiers

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It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. – Anatole France

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Its human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. Thats just so normal. – Amy Grant

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I would love to be married. But its not a necessity like the way that I feel I need and want to have children. It would be wonderful to have a husband, and I would feel blessed to do it. But I would feel sad for the rest of my life if I had no kids. – Mindy Kaling

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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means. – Clarence Darrow

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With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
Of the long day, and wish twere done.
Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern. – Matthew Arnold

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Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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