Month: October 2019

“The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”

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from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation

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“We don’t have a right to ask whether we’re going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what’s the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it?”

Wendell Berry, writer, from  “Confronting the Consequences of Runaway Capitalism”. Interview with Bill Moyers, October 7, 2013.

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Watching the Distances by Tu Fu

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I watch the limitless distance of autumn,
the far-off dark rising up in layers

where icy waters merge with the frozen sky
and the city is blurred with mist.

Last leaves are torn into flight by winds,
and sunless, distant peaks fade fast.

A lone crane flops home at dusk.
The trees are full of crows.

translated by Sam Hamill