Villages Quotes

“In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages there are no minorities; people are not numerous enough. You must see the world there, perforce. Every man is himself a class; every hour carries its new challenge. When you pass the inn at the end of the village you leave your favourite whimsy behind you; for you will meet no one who can share it. We listen to eloquent speaking, read books and write them, settle all the affairs of the universe. The dumb village multitudes pass on unchanging; the feel of the spade in the hand is no different for all our talk: good seasons and bad follow each other as of old. The dumb multitudes are no more concerned with us than is the old horse peering through the rusty gate of the village pound. The ancient map-makers wrote across unexplored regions, 'Here are lions.' Across the villages of fishermen and turners of the earth, so different are these from us, we can write but one line that is certain, 'Here are ghosts.' ("Village Ghosts")”
― W.B. Yeats, The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore

“God gave us ground we created a city, God gave us time we need to create a future.”
― Amit Kalantri

“Villages have an unmistakable charm. There is a subtle magic found in villages. The earthiness, greenery, and fragrance of flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables growing in the field is breathtakingly inimitable. Sitting in the lush green fields, while gazing at the wide blue sky, amidst the farm animals and the simple houses in the background, is a joie de vivre.”
― Avijeet Das

“The next day, the villages came closer together until the beginnings and endings could no longer be discerned.”
― Patrick W. Carr, A Cast of Stones

“Kitabu cha 'Kolonia Santita' ni kitabu cha wasomi na wasiokuwa wasomi, watu wa mijini na watu wa vijijini, watu wazima, vijana na watoto. Hadhira ya kitabu hiki ni jamii nzima ya Tanzania.”
― Enock Maregesi

“If people's night fears of sorcery - which negatively influences their decision to use mosquito nets - fail to impress the outsider, the brute everyday reality remains; in a number of rural African villages it is still much too common for very real hyenas to snatch people, especially children, out of their own homes as they lie sleeping at night, because of the lack of a good front door.”
― T.K. Naliaka

“I am one of those who firmly believe that our cities thrive at the expense of our villages; that our industries exploit agriculture.”
― Verghese Kurien, I Too Had a Dream

“Places like that, the people have no silver, but they feed us at their own tables, and the children follow us everywhere”
― George R.R. Martin

“Dans les petites villes, les gens sont toujours prêts à partager vos ennuis. Si vous n'en avez pas, ils se font une joie de vous en créer.”
― Marcel Jouhandeau

“Rural life is heaven for the urban-people, but when it comes to go to this heaven, they prefer to stay in the hell!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“What was stolen by the city, nature restores.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“As integral places in rural development, villages in Afghanistan should be merged in the industrial estates. If this happens the Afghanistan regime will be in a transition state and pave the way for secularism, federalism and real democracy.”
― Jahanshah Safari

“Villages are the main pillars of the Country”
― Navin Polaki, My Poetry Speaks: When I'm Silent

“Parched fields,
rusted farm fences,

forlorn stone
and mud-thatched houses.

Rotting scarecrows
everywhere,

except the dancing squirrels
nothing moves.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya