“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation.
(pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")”
― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
(pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")”
― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
“...And we pray, not for new
earth or heaven, but to be quiet
in heart, and in eye clear.
What we need is here.”
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earth or heaven, but to be quiet
in heart, and in eye clear.
What we need is here.”
―
“There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.”
― Remembering
― Remembering
“And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and humbling and joyful, by which we arrive at the ground at our own feet, and learn to be at home.”
― The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky's Red River Gorge
― The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky's Red River Gorge
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