Tag Archives: Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry on Inspiration & Realization

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say “It is yet more difficult than you thought.” This is the … Continue reading →

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Wendell Berry on pride, despair & fragments of a music

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

‘There is the bad work of pride. There is also the bad work of despair – done poorly out of the failure of hope or vision. Despair is the too-little of responsibility, as pride is the too-much. The shoddy work … Continue reading →

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Wendell Berry – The Peace of Wild Things

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down … Continue reading →

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