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

"Eventually I decided to give my thoughts a form, to put them into practice, and so to determine whether my understand…"

"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."

"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…"