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

The greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.

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.

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

If a farmer does abandon his or her "tame" fields completely to nature, mistakes and destruction are inevitable.

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.

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