Left alone, the earth maintains its own fertility, in accordance with the orderly cycle of plant and animal life.

Although 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.

There is no one so great as the one who does not try to accomplish anything

The only sensible approach to disease and insect control, I think, is to grow sturdy crops in a healthy environment.

I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.

The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.

Giving up your ego is the shortest way to unification with nature.