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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
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Logic never attracts men to the point of carrying them away.
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Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
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To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know
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The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.
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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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The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.
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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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Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.
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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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Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
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...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.
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The cell is immortal. It is merely the fluid in which it floats that degenerates. Renew this fluid at regular intervals, give the cells what they require for nutrition, and as far as we know, the pulsation of life can go on forever.
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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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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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To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.
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Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. 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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Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.
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Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
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The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.
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