The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

My work is that of keeping every operation down (in size) so that the farmer and the man farthest down can get hold of it.

Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.

There is no shortcut to achievement.

I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this Earth to give us a breathing spell ... as we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which are God's true storehouse. We can learn to synthesize materials for every human need from things that grow.

I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets . . .