Wendell Berry Quote

We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.

It All Turns on Affection: The Jefferson Lecture & Other Essays (ed. Counterpoint Press, 2012) - ISBN: 9781619021143