"We are of the soil and the soil is of us."

"The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all."

"Es giebt ja in der ganzen Natur keinen wichtigeren, keinen der Betrachtung würdigeren Gegenstand und wenn ein berühmt…"

"Worldwide, pharmaceutical use has been on the increase for the past century and will continue to increase into the fu…"

"Man has only a thin layer of soil between himself and starvation."

"We are able to breathe, drink, and eat in comfort because millions of organisms and hundreds of processes are operati…"

"The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of …"

"The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

"We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all commi…"

"To increase materially the productivity of the soil, it must be more effectively fertilized by artificial means. The …"