By raising tall trees for windbreaks, citrus underneath, and a green manure cover down on the surface, I have found a way to take it easy and let the orchard manage itself!

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

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

The healing of the land and the purification of the human spirit is the same process.

We must find our way back to true nature. We must set ourselves to the task of revitalizing the earth. Regreening the earth, sowing seeds in the desert--that is the path society must follow.

There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song

Giving up your ego is the shortest way to unification with nature.

There is no one so great as the one who does not try to accomplish anything

The greening of the desert means sowing seeds in people's hearts and creating a green paradise of peace on earth.

We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.

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

...but I still think that to the unprejudiced, the fossil record of plants is in favor of special creation.

Love worth giving is love perfected on ourselves.

Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us because some other hour might take it away?

Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.

Every minute of life I take a risk it's part of the enjoyment.

He has the gift of quiet.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.

Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

Although birth control is a part of my plan now, it won't necessarily be a year from now. I want to use my platform to inspire other women out there.