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You Can Best Serve Civilization By Being Against What Usually Passes For It. -- Wendell Berry
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You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.
-- Wendell Berry
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To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
-- Wendell Berry...
Life is what passes you by while watching hockey.
I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.
Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake....
So what you do is do the best you can, express the genuine concern you feel for the environment.
.. but not take irresponsible action to guard against incidents of this nature....
Suspense is not knowing what you're up against and not knowing what you can do.
Terror is knowing what you're up against and not knowing what you can do about it....
Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand
it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. -- Wendell Berry...
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time.