"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival." ― Wendell Berry Topic(s): Hope More From Wendell Berry "Why should conservationists have a positive interest in… farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat." "I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods." "I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free." More In Hope "With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, ‘Studs, you’re an optimist.’ I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what’s the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven."― Studs Terkel "The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner."― Martha Reeves "Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year."― John Thorn