... men as a rule are more preoccupied with the dangers that threaten their life than interested in the biological forces on which they depend for a ….

What happens in the mind of man is always reflected in the disease of his body..

With reference to life there is not one nature; there are only associations of states and circumstances, varying from place to place and from time to….

But solving problems of disease is not the same thing as creating health and happiness. (...) Health and happiness are the expression of the manner i….

It is often by a trivial, even an anecdotal decision, that we direct our activities into a certain channel, and thus determine which of the potential….

Eradication of microbial disease is a will-o'-the-wisp; pursuing it leads into a morass of hazy biological concepts and half truths..

There is an unbroken continuum from the wisdom of the body to the wisdom of the mind, from the wisdom of the individual to the wisdom of the race..

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….

Human life implies adventure, and there is no adventure without struggles and dangers..

The very process of living is a continual interplay between the individual and his environment, often taking the form of a struggle resulting in inju….

... each type of civilization has had diseases peculiar to it and at each period the various social groups in any community also have differed in thi….

The mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturæ—the most healing power of nature—are so effective that most diseases are self-terminating..

A sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity..

In man, at least, satisfaction is commonly followed by boredom..

Whatever his inhibitions and tastes, Western man believes in the natural holiness of seminudism and raw vegetable juice, because these have become fo….

You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to c….

Wherever human beings are concerned, trend is not destiny..

To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task of living wisely..

Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival..

The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory..

Man could escape danger only by renouncing adventure, by abandoning that which has given to the human condition its unique character and genius among….