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.
Interpretation
Living simply can lead to a deeper understanding of life and the world around us.
This quote by Masanobu Fukuoka emphasizes the value of a simple life, particularly one lived on a small farm. He suggests that such a lifestyle allows individuals to connect more deeply with their surroundings and to uncover profound truths about existence. Respecting the local environment and daily interactions fosters a greater appreciation for life and leads to enlightenment.
In practice
During a speech on sustainable living, this quote can inspire others to appreciate simple lifestyles.
When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
As we kill nature, we are killing ourselves, and God incarnate as the world as well.
The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
Modern research divides nature into tiny pieces and conducts tests that conform neither with natural law nor with practical experience. The results are arranged for the convenience of research, not according to the needs of the farmer.
Gradually I came to realize that the process of saving the desert of the human heart and revegetating the actual desert is actually the same thing.
The increasing desolation of nature, the exhaustion of resources, the uneasiness and disintegration of the human spirit, all have been brought about by humanity's trying to accomplish something.
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden,_x000D_ but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the ground cut out from under them... Decent people lost their jobs.... Big money is big power and big power gets used wrong. It's the system.
No matter how much fame you have, it's not something that belongs to you. If I'm famous, that doesn't belong to me-that belongs to you. If you can't remember who I am, I'm no longer famous.
What I call middle-class society is any society that becomes rigidified in predetermined forms, forbidding all evolution, all gains, all progress, all discovery. I call middle-class a closed society in which life has no taste, in which the air is tainted, in which ideas and men are corrupt. And I think that a man who takes a stand against this death is in a sense a revolutionary.
In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.
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