Many people think that when we practice agriculture, nature is helping us in our efforts to grow food. This is an exclusively human-centered viewpoint... we should instead, realize that we are receiving that which nature decides to give us. A 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. The farmer has very little influence over that process... other than being there and doing his or her small part.
Masanobu FukuokaUnless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.
Masanobu FukuokaAlthough natural farming - since it can teach people to cultivate a deep understanding of nature - may lead to spiritual insight, it's not strictly a spiritual practice.
Masanobu FukuokaWe have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a 'movement' not to bring anything about
Masanobu FukuokaThe final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone.
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