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

If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork.

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

People should relate to nature as birds do. Birds don't run around carefully preparing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting food. They don't create anything . . . they just receive what is there for them with a humble and grateful heart.

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

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

I believe that a revolution can begin from this one strand of straw. Seen at a glance, this rice straw may appear light and insignificant. Hardly anyone would believe that it could start a revolution. But I have come to realize the weight and power of this straw. For me, this revolution is very real.