In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living. Luther Burbank More Quotes by Luther Burbank More Quotes From Luther Burbank Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education. Luther Burbank fever atheism essence 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. Luther Burbank spirituality together way Nature is not personal. She is the compound of all these processes which move through the universe to effect the results we know as Life and of all the ordinances which govern that universe and that make Life continuous. She is no more the Hebrew's Jehovah than she is the Physicist's Force; she is as much Providence as she is Electricity; she is not the Great Pattern any more than she is the Blind Chance. Luther Burbank patterns atheism moving The theory of Reincarnation, which originated in India, has been welcomed in other countries. Without doubt, it is one of the most sensible and satisfying of all religions that mankind has conceived. This, like the others, comes from the best qualities of human nature, even if in this, as in the others, its adherents sometimes fail to carry out the principles in their lives. Luther Burbank quality doubt country All scientists have found that preconceived notions, dogmas, and all personal prejudice and bias, must be set aside, listening patiently, quietly and reverently to the lessons, one by one, which Mother Nature has to teach, shedding light on that which was before a mystery, so that all who will may see and know. She conveys her truths only to those who are passive and receptive. Luther Burbank nature light mother The serenity produced by the contemplation and philosophy of nature is the only remedy for prejudice, superstition, and inordinate self-importance, teaching us that we are all a part of Nature herself, strengthening the bond of sympathy which should exist between ourselves and our brother man. . . Luther Burbank nature brother philosophy The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me - the raving of insanity, superstition gone to seed! I want no part of such a God. Luther Burbank god people ideas The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead. Luther Burbank truth love science 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. Luther Burbank freedom change truth Men should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects. Luther Burbank fighting war peace The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing science belonging to the future. Luther Burbank mind integrity past The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving. Luther Burbank saving light found Science, which is only another name for truth, now holds religious charlatans, self-deceivers and God agents in a certain degree of check--agents and employees, I mean, of a mythical, medieval, man-made God, anthropomorphic in constitution. Luther Burbank religious men mean Justice, love, truth, peace and harmony, a serene unity with science and the laws of the universe. Luther Burbank unity law justice Most people’s religion is what they want to believe, not what they do believe. Luther Burbank want believe people If the creatures with fur/feathers/fins are our brothers in a lower stage of development then their very weakness and inability to protest, demands that man should refrain from torturing them for the mere possibility of obtaining some knowledge which he believes may be to his own interest. Luther Burbank brother animal believe Plants are as responsive to thought as children. Luther Burbank plant children Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within, not to the noisy babel without. Most of us possess discriminating reasoning powers. Can we use them or must we be fed by others like babes? Luther Burbank voice fear book All my work has come about through a change in my earlier opinion of religion. Luther Burbank opinion The lure of happiness and the fear of pain . . . are the two forces which have through untold millenniums kept what we usually call life from destruction by the ever encroaching outside forces of destruction. Luther Burbank destruction pain two
