Luther Burbank Quotes

A collection of quotes by Luther Burbank.

Luther Burbank was an American horticulturist and botanist, born on March 7, 1849, in Massachusetts. Known for his significant contributions to agricultural science, Burbank specialized in plant breeding and introduced numerous new plant varieties, including over 800 different types of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. He conducted extensive research and experiments on hybridization techniques, creating plants with improved traits such as disease resistance and higher yields. Burbank's innovative methods revolutionized horticulture and influenced agricultural practices worldwide. He passed away on April 11, 1926, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in the field of plant breeding.

If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting at

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

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful

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

I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highes

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.

Environmental

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific

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

Gardening

For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange

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

Prejudice

Heredity is nothing, but stored environment.

Heredity is nothing, but stored environment.

Ancestry Ancestors

Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful;

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

Flowers

Nature's law affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her

Nature's law affirm instead of prohibit. If you violate her laws, you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman.

Nature

Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in

Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should be enough for one who lives for truth and service to his fellow passengers on the way.

Spirituality

I don't fell good.

I don't fell good.

Last Words

Science is knowledge arranged and classified according to tr

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

Knowledge

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have

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.

Children

It is well for people who think to change their minds occasi

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.

Change

We must return to nature and nature's god.

We must return to nature and nature's god.

Environmental