I lack the peace of simple things. I am never wholly in place. I find no peace or grace. We sell the world to buy fire, our way lighted by burning men.

The ecological principle in agriculture is to connect the genius of the place, to fit the farming to the farm.

The more artificial a human environment becomes, the more the word ‘natural’ becomes a term of value.

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.

People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.

It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.

A good community insures itself by trust, by good faith and good will, by mutual help. A good community, in other words, is a good local economy.