Rubies in the Sand Quotes

“There are no healing agents.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“Deep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“A modern hospital is like Grand Central Station—all noise and hubbub, and is filled with smoking physicians, nurses, orderlies, patients and visitors. Soft drinks are sold on each floor and everybody guzzles these popular poisons. The stench of chemicals offends the nose, while tranquillizers substitute for quietness.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“We cannot be damaged into health.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“So long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in substances and things outside of him, he logically sought for extrinsic means of healing, and a healing art was a logical development. The system of medicine, as we know it today, was a logical development out of the fallacy that healing power resides in extrinsic sources.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“Substances that are injurious to the well are equally (or more so) injurious to the sick.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand

“At the very dawn of history, the care of the sick was actually superior to what the great majority of mankind receive today when ill.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Rubies in the Sand