Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment. — Rene Dubos Decision Copy Share Image
Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it. — Rene Dubos Decision Copy Share Image
The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect. — Rene Dubos Climate Copy Share Image
Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers. — Rene Dubos Adventure Copy Share Image
In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom. — Rene Dubos Boredom 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 Copy Share Image
One may wonder indeed whether the pretense of superior health is not itself rapidly becoming a mental aberration. — Rene Dubos Aberration 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
There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization… — Rene Dubos 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 Copy Share Image
Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious manifestations, yet some of their worst enemies creep on them unobtrusively. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
Human life is now molded to a large extent by the changes that man has brought about in his external environment and… — Rene Dubos Body Copy Share Image
The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory. — Rene Dubos Bible 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
It is possible to analyze the biological and social influences that make each human being unique, unprecedented, and unrepeatable, but this analysis… — Rene Dubos Human beings Copy Share Image
The earth is literally our mother, not only because we depend on her for nurture and shelter but even more because the… — Rene Dubos Ability 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
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
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
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability… — Rene Dubos Ability 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
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
What happens in the mind of man is always reflected in the disease of his body. — Rene Dubos Body 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
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. — Rene Dubos Character Copy Share Image
Each civilization has its own kind of pestilence and can control it only by reforming itself. — Rene Dubos Civilization 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
It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life. — Rene Dubos Climate Copy Share Image
Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
“A very large percentage of illnesses are the expressions of inadequate responses to the environment.” — René Dubos Environment Copy Share Image
A sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity. — Rene Dubos Continuity Copy Share Image
The belief that we can manage the Earth and improve on Nature is probably the ultimate expression of human conceit, but it… — Rene Dubos Belief 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 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 Copy Share Image
Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization. — Rene Dubos Animal Copy Share Image
