In 1946, Oxford University in England was offered large funds to create a new Institute of Human Nutrition. The University refused the… — Rene Dubos Age Copy Share Image
As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will… — Rene Dubos Adventure Copy Share Image
Man will survive as a species for one reason: He can adapt to the destructive effects of our power-intoxicated technology and of… — Rene Dubos Crisis Copy Share Image
The mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturæ—the most healing power of nature—are so effective that most diseases are self-terminating. — Rene Dubos Disease Copy Share Image
The very process of living is a continual interplay between the individual and his environment, often taking the form of a struggle… — Rene Dubos Disease Copy Share Image
Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. — Rene Dubos Bounds Copy Share Image
The wooing of the Earth thus implies much more than converting the wilderness into humanized environments. It means also preserving natural environments… — Rene Dubos Awareness Copy Share Image
Gauss replied, when asked how soon he expected to reach certain mathematical conclusions, that he had them long ago, all he was… — Rene Dubos Certain Copy Share Image
Think globally, act locally": "Our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature. — Rene Dubos Ability Copy Share Image
“A very large percentage of illnesses are the expressions of inadequate responses to the environment.” — René Dubos Environment Copy Share Image
It is often by a trivial, even an anecdotal decision, that we direct our activities into a certain channel, and thus determine… — Rene Dubos Body Copy Share Image
In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom. — Rene Dubos Boredom Copy Share Image
As far as life is concerned, there is no such thing as "Nature". There are only homes. Home is that environment to… — Rene Dubos Abstract Copy Share Image
Social evolution may be the result of intention, but it rarely, if ever, produces the result intended. — Rene Dubos Biology Copy Share Image
...Pathological states are the consequence of several determinate factors acting simultaneously...The manifestations of any given agent differ profoundly from one person to… — Rene Dubos Acting Copy Share Image
The mechanisms of bis metricate naturethe most healing power of natureare so effective that most diseases are self-terminating. — René Dubos Health Copy Share Image
... men as a rule are more preoccupied with the dangers that threaten their life than interested in the biological forces on… — Rene Dubos Constructive Copy Share Image
To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the… — Rene Dubos Depends Copy Share Image
You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And… — Rene Dubos Bright lights Copy Share Image
Any attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown… — Rene Dubos Behavior Copy Share Image
Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths. — Rene Dubos Concepts Copy Share Image
