As long as mankind is made up of independent individuals with free will, there cannot be any social status quo. Men will develop new urges, and these will give rise to new problems, which will require ever new solutions. Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers.
Rene DubosThink globally, act locally": "Our salvation depends upon our ability to create a religion of nature.
Rene DubosA sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity.
Rene DubosThe mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturรฆโthe most healing power of natureโare so effective that most diseases are self-terminating.
Rene DubosAny attempt to shape the world and modify human personality in order to create a self-chosen pattern of life involves many unknown consequences. Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back. The multiplicity of determinants which affect biological systems limits the power of the experimental method to predict their trends and behavior.
Rene Dubos