Natural Farming Quotes by Masanobu Fukuoka

Life on a small farm might seem primitive, but by living such a life we become able to discover the Great Path. I believe…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

“But intending to understand ten things, you actually do not understand even one. If you know a hundred flowers you do not “know” a…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

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

— Masanobu Fukuoka

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

— Masanobu Fukuoka

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

— Masanobu Fukuoka

Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.

— Masanobu Fukuoka

“Food and medicine are not two different things: the are the front and back of one body.”

— Masanobu Fukuoka

“Kenyataanya ilmu diet barat menciptakan masalah-masalah yang jauh lebih banyak daripada memecahkannya”

— Masanobu Fukuoka

By raising tall trees for windbreaks, citrus underneath, and a green manure cover down on the surface, I have found a way to take…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

“Extravagance of desire is the fundamental cause which has led the world into its present predicament. Fast rather than slow, more rather than less—this…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

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…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

— Masanobu Fukuoka