"My ultimate dream is to sow seeds in the desert. To revegetate the deserts is to sow seed in people's hearts."

"Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to …"

"If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acre field such as o…"

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

"Within one thing lie all things, but if all things are brought together not one thing can arise...A person can analyz…"

"Nature , or the body itself, serves as a capable guide. But this subtle guidance goes unheard by most people because …"

"As if to say— "Isn't it true for men, as well: that the more the words, the less they are of value?"— the cuckoo does…"

"When I look upon the rich sheen of summer hairs in my new brush, I am saddened by a deer drawn at night to a hunter's…"

"I had forgotten— as I kept on forgetting to remind myself that those who vow to forget are the ones who can't forget."

"All these images from a world of long ago— of what good are they? Pine winds, come—please blow away these unforgotten…"