Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature... Do not terrify them in early life with the fear of an after-world. Never was a child made more noble and good by the fear of a hell.
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent cro… - Luther Burbank
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent cro…
- Luther Burbank
Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think. - Luther Burbank
Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is to think.
Plants are as responsive to thought as children. - Luther Burbank
Plants are as responsive to thought as children.
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often… - Luther Burbank
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often…
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees t… - Luther Burbank
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees t…
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and reason. . . . - Luther Burbank
Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our judgment and reason. . . .
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. - Luther Burbank
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. - Luther Burbank
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy. - Luther Burbank
The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.
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