As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
A theory of personal resurrection or reincarnation of the individual is untenable when we but pause to consider the magnitude of the idea. On the contrary, I must believe that rather than the survival of all, we must look for… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
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 Image
Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe. — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
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 Image
