“I do not think there is a person in this world who has been a more ardent admirer of him than I have been. His life and work have been an inspiration to the whole earth, shedding light in the dark places which so sadly needed light. His memory calls forth my most sincere homage, love, and esteem. {Burbank on the great Robert Ingersoll, whom he admired so much that he requested Ingersoll's eulogy for his brother, Ebon Ingersoll, to be read at his own funeral}” LoveLightInspirationInfluenceHonorRespectPraiseMemoryEsteemAdmirationIngersollRobert G IngersollRobert IngersollRobert Green Ingersoll Author:Luther Burbank
“I love humanity, which has been a constant delight to me during all my seventy-seven years of life; and I love flowers, trees, animals, and all the works of Nature as they pass before us in time and space. What a joy life is when you have made a close working partnership with Nature, helping her to produce for the benefit of mankind new forms, colors, and perfumes in flowers which were never known before; fruits in form, size, and flavor never before seen on this globe; and grains of enormously increased productiveness, whose fat kernels are filled with more and better nourishment, a veritable storehouse of perfect food—new food for all the world's untold millions for all time to come.” LoveScienceHumanityNatureSpaceMankindDelightAnimalsFlowersBenefit Author:Luther Burbank
“The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.” LoveMayTruthScienceLoversScientist Book:My Beliefs Source: My Beliefs
“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often talked to the plants. . . . "You have nothing to fear," I would tell them. "You don't need your defensive thorns. I will protect you." Gradually the useful plant of the desert emerged in a thornless variety.” LoveNeedsSecretProtectPlantExperimentsVarietyDesertThornsBreedingProtect YouConductingScientific KnowledgeCactusSpineless Author:Luther Burbank
“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.” LoveSecretKnowledgeGardenPlantGardeningGrandchildrenBreedingSecret LoveScientific KnowledgeGardening And GodSpineless Author:Luther Burbank
