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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Alexis Carrel

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Suffering
Sculptor
Cannot
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Without
Betterment
Men
Remakes
Sculptors
Surgeons
Marble
Motivation

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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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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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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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