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!

Left alone, the earth maintains its own fertility, in accordance with the orderly cycle of plant and animal life.

The person who can most easily take up natural agriculture is the one who doesn't have any of the common adult obstructing blocks of desire, philosophy, or religion . . . the person who has the mind and heart of a child. One must simply know nature . . . real nature, not the one we think we know!

The irony is that science has served only to show how small human knowledge is.

We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing seeds in the desert--that is the path society must follow.

Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.