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> [The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/the-word-wilderness-occurs-approximately-three-hundred-times-in-the/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

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## More by Rene Dubos

> [... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/each-type-of-civilization-has-had-diseases-peculiar-to-it-and-at-each/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/human-life-implies-adventure-and-there-is-no-adventure-without/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [...Search for the cause may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/search-for-the-cause-may-be-a-hopeless-pursuit-because-most-disease/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Each human being is unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/each-human-being-is-unique-unprecedented-unrepeatable/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [But too often the goal of the planners is a universal gray state of health corresponding to absence of disease rather than to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/but-too-often-the-goal-of-the-planners-is-a-universal-gray-state-of/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [With reference to life there is not one nature; there are only associations of states and circumstances, varying from place to place and from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/with-reference-to-life-there-is-not-one-nature-there-are-only/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [It is a disturbing fact that Western civilization, which claims to have achieved the highest standard of health in history, finds itself compelled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/it-is-a-disturbing-fact-that-western-civilization-which-claims-to/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/there-is-a-demon-in-technology-it-was-put-there-by-man-and-man-will/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Human life is now molded to a large extent by the changes that man has brought about in his external environment and by his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/human-life-is-now-molded-to-a-large-extent-by-the-changes-that-man/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on her for nurture and shelter but even more because the human sepcies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/the-earth-is-literally-our-mother-not-only-because-we-depend-on-her/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/clearly-health-and-disease-cannot-be-defined-merely-in-terms-of/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it has deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/the-belief-that-we-can-manage-the-earth-and-improve-on-nature-is/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [One may wonder indeed whether the pretense of superior health is not itself rapidly becoming a mental aberration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/one-may-wonder-indeed-whether-the-pretense-of-superior-health-is-not/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/nature-always-strikes-back-it-takes-all-the-running-we-can-do-to/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

> [Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious manifestations, yet some of their worst enemies creep on them unobtrusively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-dubos/men-are-naturally-most-impressed-by-diseases-which-have-obvious/)

[Rene Dubos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-dubos/)

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