Wendell Berry Quote

We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they love. To defend what we love we need a particularizing language, for we love what we particularly know.


Life Is A Miracle : An Essay Against Modern Superstition (2000)


We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they...

We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they...

We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they...

We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but they defend what they...