Wendell Berry1934–2026The quotations of
Wendell Berry
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky
1934–2026
16 quotes, most often on Nature, Politics and War & Peace.
- The Long-Legged House (1969), “A Native Hill”
- The Long-Legged House (1969)
- Part of an endorsement statement for The Dying of the Trees (1997) by Charles E. Little
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it.“Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” in Farming: A Hand Book (1970)- “Compromise, Hell!” Orion magazine (November/December 2004)
- Another Turn of the Crank (1996), “Conserving Forest Communities”
- Citizenship Papers (2003), “A Citizen’s Response”
To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.
Life Is A Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition (2000)- “The Total Economy”, in Citizenship Papers (2003)
- The Long-Legged House (1969)
- “Compromise, Hell!” Orion magazine (November/December 2004)
- “Below” in A Part (1980)
- What Are People For? (1990), “Healing”
To be sane in a mad time
is bad for the brain, worse
for the heart.“The Mad Farmer Manifesto: The First Amendment” in The Country of Marriage (1973)A mind that has confronted ruin for years
Is half or more a ruined mind.“Sabbaths 2001”, in Given (2005)
