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> [You can hit a nail on the head, or cause a machine to do so, and get a fairly predictable result. Hit a dog on the head, and it will either dodge, bite back, or die, but it will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/you-can-hit-a-nail-on-the-head-or-cause-a-machine-to-do-so-and-get-a/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

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## More by Bill Mollison

> [There is one, and only one solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/there-is-one-and-only-one-solution-and-we-have-almost-no-time-to-try/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Women spend the money of society on its goods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/women-spend-the-money-of-society-on-its-goods/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Wealth is a deep understanding of the natural world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/wealth-is-a-deep-understanding-of-the-natural-world/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [That we don't design agriculture to be sustainable is totally eerie. We design it to be a disaster, and of course, we get a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/that-we-don-t-design-agriculture-to-be-sustainable-is-totally-eerie/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Why is it that we don't build human settlements that will feed themselves, and fuel themselves, and catch their own water, when any human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/why-is-it-that-we-don-t-build-human-settlements-that-will-feed/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Anything that's left that's remotely like wilderness should be left strictly alone. We have no business there any more. It's not going to save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/anything-that-s-left-that-s-remotely-like-wilderness-should-be-left/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [The important thing is not to do any agriculture whatsoever, and particularly to make the modern agricultural sciences a forbidden area - they're worse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/the-important-thing-is-not-to-do-any-agriculture-whatsoever-and/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for this is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/the-tragic-reality-is-that-very-few-sustainable-systems-are-designed/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/we-are-surrounded-by-insurmountable-opportunities/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/though-the-problems-of-the-world-are-increasingly-complex-the/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [I can easily teach people to be gardeners, and from them, once they know how to garden, you'll get a philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/i-can-easily-teach-people-to-be-gardeners-and-from-them-once-they/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [If you get someone who looks after himself and those around him, that's a deep ecologist. He can talk philosophy that I understand. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/if-you-get-someone-who-looks-after-himself-and-those-around-him-that/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [You can't cooperate by knocking something about or bossing it or forcing it to do things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/you-can-t-cooperate-by-knocking-something-about-or-bossing-it-or/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Women are the holders of all knowledge, everything a man knows he stole from a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/women-are-the-holders-of-all-knowledge-everything-a-man-knows-he/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

> [Another thing I find extremely eerie is that when people build a house, they almost exactly get it wrong. They don't just get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/another-thing-i-find-extremely-eerie-is-that-when-people-build-a/)

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