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

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.

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.

The irony is that science has served only to show how small human knowledge is.

The power of belief is that is should change lives not create chains.

It's really funny, because if you make up words, then people project their own meanings onto it, which I find interesting.

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.

I was left with myself and had to do the one thing I could to survive. I knew it would be difficult to write, very difficult, but I set about doing it.

Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.)

The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery.

I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.

Occasionally, I'll dream I'm in the factory. That will help me write. Not creatively, but more like a prod. I don't want to go back there.

These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists rights to free speech, which is something that we respect.

I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.