Luther Burbank

Luther Burbank

8 quotes

Luther Burbank, an American botanist and horticulturist, is widely remembered for insights that continue to resonate with readers everywhere. The range of their thinking — from Gardening to Environmental — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 14 quotes from Luther Burbank, each offering a different angle on Gardening, Environmental, Knowledge, Science, and Nature. Among their most shared lines: "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.”

— Luther Burbank

Gardening

All Quotes by Luther Burbank

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

— Luther Burbank

Knowledge

“It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while.”

— Luther Burbank

Change

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

— Luther Burbank

Food

“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

Gardening

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

— Luther Burbank

Environmental

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

— Luther Burbank

Gardening

“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.”

— Luther Burbank

Environmental

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

— Luther Burbank

Environmental