--- title: "1 Work Human Quotes By Masanobu Fukuoka" description: "1 Work Human quotes by Masanobu Fukuoka. Plus more from Masanobu Fukuoka and more Work Human sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/masanobu-fukuoka-9748_animals_i-do-not-particularly-like-the-word-work_2134293.jpg" --- > [“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' Human beings are the only animals who have to work, and I think that is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Other animals make their livings by living, but people work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/i-do-not-particularly-like-the-word-work-human-beings-are-the-only/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/masanobu-fukuoka-9748_animals_i-do-not-particularly-like-the-word-work_2134293.jpg) ## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/life-on-a-small-farm-might-seem-primitive-but-by-living-such-a-life/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/but-intending-to-understand-ten-things-you-actually-do-not-understand/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/gradually-i-came-to-realize-that-the-process-of-saving-the-desert-of/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/if-we-throw-mother-nature-out-the-window-she-comes-back-in-the-door/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/i-wonder-how-it-is-that-people-s-philosophies-have-come-to-spin/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [Unless people can become natural people, there can be neither natural farming nor natural food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/unless-people-can-become-natural-people-there-can-be-neither-natural/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/as-we-kill-nature-we-are-killing-ourselves-and-god-incarnate-as-the/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [Ignorance, hatred and greed are killing nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/ignorance-hatred-and-greed-are-killing-nature/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [“Food and medicine are not two different things: the are the front and back of one body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/food-and-medicine-are-not-two-different-things-the-are-the-front-and/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [“Kenyataanya ilmu diet barat menciptakan masalah-masalah yang jauh lebih banyak daripada memecahkannya”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/kenyataanya-ilmu-diet-barat-menciptakan-masalah-masalah-yang-jauh/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/by-raising-tall-trees-for-windbreaks-citrus-underneath-and-a-green/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/we-must-find-our-way-back-to-true-nature-we-must-set-ourselves-to-the/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/extravagance-of-desire-is-the-fundamental-cause-which-has-led-the/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/the-person-who-can-most-easily-take-up-natural-agriculture-is-the-one/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) > [The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masanobu-fukuoka/the-ultimate-goal-of-farming-is-not-the-growing-of-crops-but-the/) [Masanobu Fukuoka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masanobu-fukuoka/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-human/masanobu-fukuoka/#itemlist", "name": "1 Work Human Quotes By Masanobu Fukuoka", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I do not particularly like the word 'work.' 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