The simple hearth of the small farm is the true center of our universe.

Weeds play an important part in building soil fertility and in balancing the biological community . . .

When a decision is made to cope with the symptoms of a problem, it is generally assumed that the corrective measures will solve the problem itself. They seldom do. Engineers cannot seem to get this through their heads. These countermeasures are all based on too narrow a definition of what is wrong. Human measures and countermeasures proceed from limited scientific truth and judgment. A true solution can never come about in this way.

If you do not try to make food delicious, you will find that nature has made it so.

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.

Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.