Mad Farmer Quotes & Sayings

For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion. — Mahatma Gandhi

It didn't work. It didn't work because I knew not to give the best of myself to the worst of people. — A.S. King

Had Pederson forgiven the events of — Fredric Stern

From the union of power and money,
from the union of power and secrecy,
from the union of government and science,
from the union of government and art,
from the union of science and money,
from the union of ambition and ignorance,
from the union of genius and war,
from the union of outer space and inner vacuity,
the Mad Farmer walks quietly away. — Wendell Berry

One does not, I think, kill oneself without a definite desire to do so. It is hardly ever an act to which a man must key himself up; it is a temptation which he must struggle against. — Geoffrey Household

Gratitude is the single greatest treasure I will take with me from this experience. — Oprah Winfrey

Val is a bachelor farmer in his seventies, so he should, by rights, be half mad. — Anne Enright

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace. — Jerry Bridges

Everybody just uses the one-move rule without realising when it is too late to actually move and cross over and when it is actually being dangerous. — Jacques Villeneuve

STEPHEN O'CONNOR Next to Nothing — Jennifer Egan

The Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer ... the quiet in the woods of a summer morning, the voice of a pewee passing through it like a tight silver wire; ... — Wendell Berry