I believe that even ...

I believe that even \'returning-to-nature\' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.
I believe that even 'returning-to-nature' and anti pollution activities, no matter how commendable, are not moving toward a genuine solution if they are carried out solely in reaction to the over development of the present age.
 Masanobu Fukuoka

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The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.
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You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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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.
 Masanobu Fukuoka
If a farmer does abandon his or her "tame" fields completely to nature, mistakes and destruction are inevitable.
 Masanobu Fukuoka
I started natural farming after the war with just one small plot, but gradually I acquired additional acreage by taking over surrounding pieces of abandoned land and caring for them by hand.
 Masanobu Fukuoka
If we throw mother nature out the window, she comes back in the door with a pitchfork.
 Masanobu Fukuoka
Life on a small farm might seem primitive, but by living such a life we become able to discover the Great Path. I believe that one who deeply respects his neighborhood and everyday world in which he lives will be shown the greatest of all worlds.
 Masanobu Fukuoka