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Luther Burbank Quotes

American - Environmentalist March 7, 1849 - April 11, 1926

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. Luther Burbank

Food, Flowers, Gardening

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. Luther Burbank

Love, Knowledge, Gardening

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature. Luther Burbank

Nature, Knowledge, Science

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed. Luther Burbank

Children, Parenting, Plants

Heredity is nothing but stored environment. Luther Burbank

Environment, Nothing, Stored

In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living. Luther Burbank

Children, Happy, Progress

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. Luther Burbank

Change, Best, People

I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection. Luther Burbank

Love, Environmental, Great

For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. Luther Burbank

Best, Think, Once

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

World, Thinking, Greatest

We must return to nature and nature's god. Luther Burbank

Nature, Environmental, God

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. Luther Burbank

Nature, You, Judge

The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead. Luther Burbank

Love, Truth, Lead

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