Gradually I came to realize that the process of saving the desert of the human heart and revegetating the actual desert is actually the same thing.

Before researchers become researches they should become philosophers.

Natural farming is just farming, nothing more. You don't have to be a spiritually oriented person to practice my methods.

In my opinion, if 100% of the people were farming it would be ideal. If each person were given one quarter-acre, that is 1 1/4 acres to a family of five, that would be more than enough land to support the family for the whole year. If natural farming were practiced, a farmer would also have plenty of time for leisure and social activities within the village community. I think this is the most direct path toward making this country a happy, pleasant land.

Life on a small farm might seem primitive, but by living such a life we become able to discover the Great Path. I believe that one who deeply respects his neighborhood and everyday world in which he lives will be shown the greatest of all worlds.

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

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