“You cannot affirm the power plant and condemn the smokestack, or affirm the smoke and condemn the cough.”
"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."
- Wendell Berry
Awareness
"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
"There is beauty in the Beast, just as there is darkness in the most perfect human."
- Beauty and the Beast
Balance
"When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Balance
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
- Albert Einstein
Balance
"Make your Tuesday as productive as possible, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey."
Balance
"You can’t always hold on to the things that are important. By letting them go we gain something else."
- Kunio Yaobi
Balance