No beast has ever overcome the earth; and the natural world has never been conquered by muscular force.

There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

The happiest life has the greatest number of points of contact with the world, and it has the deepest feeling and sympathy with everything that is.

Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.