If a farmer does abandon his or her "tame" fields completely to nature, mistakes and destruction are inevitable.

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.

For ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye yourselves are wise.

…my books are derived from city images, and the city of my dreams or nightmares is Mexico City. (The Art of Fiction, No. 68. The Paris Review, No. 82, Winter 1981.)

Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!

Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.

You can't be trying to be funny. As an adult actor, sometimes I'll muddle it up by over-thinking things.

My father was an all-American football player.

Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.

I felt like going out on the road and mixing it with music - which is something young people are always really interested in - would be a good way to proselytize. It was like feminist evangelism.

Troubles are a blessing that force you to change, to believe.

Rickey don't like it when Rickey can't find Rickey's limo.