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“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

“Crowfoot, of the Blackfoot Confederacy (1890) … What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow, which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.”
― Melusine Draco, Traditional Witchcraft for the Woods and Forests: A Witch's Guide to the Woodland with Guided Meditations and Pathworking

“Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways than society usually acknowledges, or even knows. These farmers produce valuable goods, of course; but they also conserve soil, they conserve water, they conserve wildlife, they conserve open space, they conserve scenery.”
― Wendell Berry, Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food

“Benedictine Anselm Grün, who used a very beautiful metaphor that went like this: Before you are born, God pronounces a word or a sentence over you. Then, once you get here, your goal is to live your life in such a way that other people—the people around you—can hear it.”
― Adam Bucko, Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation