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

The real path to natural farming requires that a person know what unaltered nature is, so that he or she can instinctively understand what needs to be done - and what must not be done - to work in harmony with its processes.

Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.

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

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

Modern research divides nature into tiny pieces and conducts tests that conform neither with natural law nor with practical experience. The results are arranged for the convenience of research, not according to the needs of the farmer.

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.