Luther Burbank

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

— Luther Burbank

#always #better #flowers #food #happier

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

#blessings #crossing #fulfillment #great #highest

We must return to nature and nature's god. ↗

— Luther Burbank

#god #must #nature #return

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 #clean #keep #least #minds

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

#cent #fifteen #greatest #less #most

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

— Luther Burbank

#lead #love #lover #may #scientist

Heredity is nothing but stored environment. ↗

— Luther Burbank

#heredity #nothing #stored

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

#attention #children #had #jungle #living

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

— Luther Burbank

#apart #breeding #improved #knowledge #love

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

— Luther Burbank

#least #once #prejudices #rearrange #their