Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature... Do not terrify them in early life with the fear of an after-world. Never was a child made more noble and good by the fear of a… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and reason. . . . — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Religion grows with the intelligence of man, but all religions of the past and probably all of the future will sooner or later become… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe. — Luther Burbank Copy Share
Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the raving of insanity, superstition… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
“We must learn that any person who will not accept what he knows to be truth for the very love of truth alone is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share
