Wendell Berry Quotes

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others. If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

For me, it always comes back to the land, respecting the land, the wildlife, the plants, the rivers, mountains, and deserts, the absolute essential bedrock of our lives. This is the source of where my power lies, the source of where all our power lies. We are animal. We are Earth. We are water. We are a community of human beings living on this planet together. And we forget that. We become disconnected, we lose our center point of gravity, that stillness that allows us to listen to life on a deeper level and to meet each other in a fully authentic and present way.

What right do I have to be in the woods, if the woods are not in me.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

It really is a blessing when two people who are so full of dignity and kindness and really live to make the world a better place get together.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

My grandfather was an amazing man. You talk about character and integrity, everyone who knew him, whether they agreed with him or not, said, 'George Romney is a good man, and he sticks to his principles: a man of honesty and hard work, integrity.'

My dad set a clear model for me for what manhood was all about.

You just make yourself available to be full of love. And to be truthful and honest, 100 percent.

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind.

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.

I feel like anything I'm doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I've always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

Do all things with love.

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

He who is strong, concedes.

America is unique in the history of the world. During this last century, there was only one nation that laid down hundreds of thousands of lives of its own sons and daughters and asked for nothing for itself …. America is unique. You took no land from the Germans, no land from the Japanese. All you asked for was enough land to bury your dead.