Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent. Luther Burbank More Quotes by Luther Burbank More Quotes From Luther Burbank Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature Luther Burbank dogmaticgivingchildren Although I went to college as a youth, I never considered it necessary to steep oneself in academic learning, in order to learn how to think. I welcome a fair and square, open and above-board fight on any subject, including this, but I despise a man who sneaks around under a cloak or cover of any society or clique to strike his blows. Luther Burbank fightingcollegeblow Prayer may be elevating if combined with work, and they who labor with head, hands or feet have faith and are generally quite sure of an immediate and favorable reply. Luther Burbank prayerfeethands It is well for people who think, to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. Luther Burbank orderpeoplethinking For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while. Luther Burbank rearrangingprejudicethinking 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. Luther Burbank miseryeverydayeach-day The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy. Luther Burbank make-others-happyhappinessworld Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people. Luther Burbank peopleworldthinking 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. Luther Burbank lighteyeignorance As a scientist, I cannot help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation . . . I am an infidel today. I do not believe what had been served to me to believe. I am a doubter, a questioner, a skeptic. When it can be proved to me that there is immortality, that there is resurrection beyond the gates of death, then will I believe. Until then, no. Luther Burbank foundationfeelingsbelieve I have learned from Nature that dependence on unnatural beliefs weakens us in the struggle and shortens our breath for the race. Luther Burbank atheismracestruggle Science, unlike theology, never leads to insanity. Luther Burbank positive-atheismtheologyinsanity As a scientist I cannot help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired. As for their prophets, there are as many today as ever before, only now science refuses to let them overstep the bounds of common sense. Luther Burbank common-senseperfectfeelings Children are the greatest sufferers from outgrown theologies. Luther Burbank positive-atheismtheologychildren A theory of personal resurrection or reincarnation of the individual is untenable when we but pause to consider the magnitude of the idea. On the contrary, I must believe that rather than the survival of all, we must look for survival only in the spirit of the good we have done in passing through.Once obsolete, an automobile is thrown to the scrap heap. Once here and gone, the human life has likewise served its purpose. If it has been a good life, it has been sufficient. There is no need for another. Luther Burbank good-lifebelieveideas As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to do with such a God. Luther Burbank perfectpeopleideas However, when it can be proved to me that there is immortality, that there is resurrection beyond the gates of death, then will I believe. Until then, no. Luther Burbank immortalityresurrectionbelieve Of course it must, and our scientific men must be criticized boldly. They will not feel comfortable when you and I are through with them. Luther Burbank atheismfeelsmen 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 parentingweedchildren Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education. Luther Burbank feveratheismessence
