Wendell Berry Quotes

Young lovers see a vision of the world redeemed by love. That is the truest thing they ever see, for without it life is death.

I take literally the statement in the Gospel of John that God loves the world. I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. I believe that divine love, incarnate and indwelling in the world, summons the world always toward wholeness, which ultimately is reconciliation and atonement with God.

Reinette: One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.

Love will conquer at the last.

I believe if we have something that we love to do, that can save our lives. That can get us through.

Love alone allows man to forget himself... it alone can still redeem even the darkest hours of the past since it alone finds the courage to believe in the mercy of the holy God.

Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins. Go, and do not be afraid.

The salvation of man is through love and in love.

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

He could not be mistaken. There were no other eyes like those in the world. There was only one creature in the world who could concentrate for him all the brightness and meaning of life. It was she. It was Kitty.

I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.

I believe man will not merely endure, he will prevail...because he has a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

The world is a grindstone and life is your nose

I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it.

All the world loves a lover, and a lover loves all the world.

No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.

The cross is the price of true love. Lord, give us the strength to accept and carry our crosses!

As long as you have life and breath, believe. Believe for those who cannot. Believe even if you have stopped believing. Believe for the sake of the dead, for love, to keep your heart beating, believe. Never give up, never despair, let no mystery confound you into the conclusion that mystery cannot be yours.

You look at what interests a person and then you formulate what their opinions are, in terms of how they see the world, and how they see love and life.

Love will not just heal your life or mine. Love will heal the world.