Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.

I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.

As far as my planting program goes, I simply broadcast rye and barley seed on separate fields in the fall . . . while the rice in those areas is still standing. A few weeks after that I harvest the rice, and then spread its straw back over the fields as mulch.

We have come to the point at which there is no other way than to bring about a 'movement' not to bring anything about

Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.

Of course, I have made mistakes . . . just as every grower does. However, I never really think of them as mistakes!

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