“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.”

“We must return to nature and nature's god.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Heredity is nothing but stored environment.”