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Alexis Carrel Inspirational Quotes (53)

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Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless, and often harmful, have become a necessity for civilized men.
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The modern city consists of...dark, narrow streets full of gasoline fumes, coal dust, and toxic gasses, torn by the noise.
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Jesus knows our world. He does not disdain us like the God of Aristotle. We can speak to Him and He answers us. Although He is a person like ourselves, He is God and transcends all things.
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...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.
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In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
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More than half of all great remedies known to medical history have come from empiricists...'irregulars'...of no or little scientific training. There is no reason to believe that conditions have essentially changed.
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Logic never attracts men to the point of carrying them away.
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Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.
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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
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...the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.
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Intelligence is almost useless to the person whose only quality it is.
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One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
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The influence of prayer on the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy, greater intellectual vigor, moral stamina, and a deeper understanding of the realities underlying human relationship.
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Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.
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Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.
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All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
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As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life. It builds up, strengthens and vivifies personality.
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Those who don't learn to fight worry, die young.
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The quality of life is more important than life itself.
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In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love.
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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body.
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