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!

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

One of the most important discoveries I made in those early years was that to succeed at natural farming, you have to get rid of your expectations. Such "products" of the mind are often incorrect or unrealistic . . . and can lead you to think you've made a mistake if they're not met.

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

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

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.

Farming is not just for growing crops, it is for the cultivation...o f human beings!