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There is much good work to be done by every one of us and we must begin to do it.

There is much good work to be done by every one of us and we must begin to do it.

Wendell Berry
Work, Done, Good Work
Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

The name of our proper connection to the earth is 'good work,' for good work involves much giving of honor. It honors the source of its materials; it honors the place where it is done; it honors the art by which it is done; it honors the thing that it makes and the user of the made thing.

Wendell Berry
Art, Work, Names
Wendell Berry (1993). “Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays”, Pantheon

In living in the world by his own will and skill, the stupidest peasant or tribesman is more competent than the most intelligent worker or technician or intellectual in a society of specialists.

Wendell Berry
Work, Intelligent, Skills
Wendell Berry (2015). “The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture”, p.26, Counterpoint

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