Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in terms of consequence, of cause and effect. The meaning of action in time is inseparable from its meaning in place.


Standing by Words: Essays (ed. Counterpoint Press, 2011) - ISBN: 9781582439020

Wendell Berry Quotes

Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in terms of...

Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in terms of...

Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in terms of...

Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in terms of...