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Masanobu Fukuoka Quotes

1913–2008 Japan

Masanobu Fukuoka (福岡正信, 2 February 1913 – 16 August 2008) was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, no-herbicide grain cultivation farming methods traditional to many indigenous cultures, from which he created a particular method of farming, commonly referred to as "Natural Farming" or "Do-Nothing Farming".

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Also known as: Masanobu fukuoka

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

The One-Straw Revolution (1975)

Nature , or the body itself, serves as a capable guide. But this subtle guidance goes unheard by most people because of the clamor caused by desire and by the activity of the discriminating mind.

The One-Straw Revolution (1975)

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 understanding was right or wrong.

The One-Straw Revolution (1975)

Within one thing lie all things, but if all things are brought together not one thing can arise...A person can analyze and investigate a butterfly as far as he likes, but he cannot make a butterfly.

The One-Straw Revolution (1975)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Masanobu Fukuoka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.