'Nature appears to wish and to require that the life of any of her places should be abundant as possible and as diverse as possible in its kinds. Every creature desires and attempts to live fully, and for this it is dependent on the lives of other creatures. And this fullness depends in turn upon a formal interdependence somewhat but not entirely comprehensible by humans. The Law of Diversity, mysterious as it ultimately is, is justified by the Law of Fullness.'
Wendell Berry, 'The Order of Loving Care' in The Art of Loading Brush, p.183.
