Tuscany

Eating is an agricultural act.
- Wendell Berry

"The destiny of a nation depends on the manner in which it feeds itself. "
- Jean Anthelme
Brillat-Savarin

The idea of progress is detrimental to the life of the spirit, because it encourages us to view our lives, not under the aspect of eternity, but as moments in a universal process of betterment. We do not, therefore, accept our lives for what they are, but instead consider them always for what they might someday become.
- John Gray