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“Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.”

"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970).
Poems

“A mind that has confronted ruin for years
Is half or more a ruined mind.”

Given (2005), Sabbaths 2001

“Poetry can be written only because it has been written.”

"The Responsibility of the Poet".
What Are People For? (1990)

“Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millenium.”

"Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front" in Farming: A Hand Book (1970).
Poems

“There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.”

Comment at City Arts & Lecture Series, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA; 29 October 2012 http://thirtythreadbaremercies.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-mad-farmer-lives-a-night-with-wendell-berry/#

“The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”

"Healing".
What Are People For? (1990)