“Scientists gladly accept any new truth demonstrated by evidence, that is, proved by the very law of the cosmos. Not so with any new conceptions of religion; these are fought by the use of persecution and venom. Many of the current religious beliefs literally carried into practice would stampede humanity into the old jungle ideas and habits.” IdeasTruthScienceHumanityPracticeAcceptanceEvidenceBeliefsPersecutionScience And ReligionHabitsVenomScience Vs Religion 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
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” HappinessScienceMedicineSunshineFlowersHelpfulness Author:Luther Burbank
“Several of my young acquaintances are in their graves who gave promise of making happy and useful citizens and there is no question whatever that cigarettes alone were the cause of their destruction. No boy living would commence the use of cigarettes if he knew what a useless, soulless, worthless thing they would make of him.” IfsUseYoungScienceCausesBoysKnowledgeYouthCitizensPromiseDestructionGravesUselessCigaretteWorthlessAcquaintanceSoulless Author:Luther Burbank
“Those who take refuge behind theological barbed wire fences, quite often wish they could have more freedom of thought, but fear the change to the great ocean of truth as they would a cold bath.” TruthScienceWishChangeFreedomBehindsColdOceanRefugeFenceWireBathsFreedom Of ThoughtTheologicalBarbed Wire 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
