“People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other.”
"You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough."
- Wendell Berry
Balance
"We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist."
- Wendell Berry
Creativity
""We have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.""
- Wendell Berry
Creativity
"The earth is what we all have in common."
- Wendell Berry
Connection to Earth
"The Earth is what we all have in common."
- Wendell Berry
Connection to Earth
"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."
- Beauty and the Beast
Awareness
"Worry is a misuse of imagination."
Awareness