Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.
The integrity of one’s own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing science belonging to the future.
Most people’s religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe.
Science . . . has opened our eyes to the vastness of the universe and given us light, truth and freedom from fear where once was darkness, ignorance and superstition. There is no personal salvation, except through science.
The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving.
The word ‘religion’ has acquired a very bad name among those who really love truth, justice, charity. It also exhales the musty odor of sanctimony and falsehood.
Science, unlike theology, never leads to insanity.
Science, which is only another name for truth, now holds religious charlatans, self-deceivers and God agents in a certain degree of check–agents and employees, I mean, of a mythical, medieval, man-made God, anthropomorphic in constitution.
The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.
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.
The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.
Flowers always make people better happier and more helpful they are sunshine food and medicine to the soul.
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction then … life is on the road toward misfortune misery and destruction.
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.
If you violate Nature’s laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.
Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to truth, facts, and the general laws of nature.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.
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.