We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.
Masanobu FukuokaA farmer does not grow something in the sense that he or she creates it. That human is only a small part of the whole process by which nature expresses its being.
Masanobu FukuokaThere is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song
Masanobu FukuokaThe greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.
Masanobu FukuokaThe person who can most easily take up natural agriculture is the one who doesn't have any of the common adult obstructing blocks of desire, philosophy, or religion . . . the person who has the mind and heart of a child. One must simply know nature . . . real nature, not the one we think we know!
Masanobu Fukuoka