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Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.

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
Motivational
Drill
Willing
Leaps
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Drills
Life
Inertia
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Rock
Rocks
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Geysers

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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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Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.
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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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The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
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The quality of life is more important than life itself.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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There are no watertight compartments in our inmost nature.
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Prayer is a cry of distress, a demand for help, a hymn of love.
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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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Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.
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Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
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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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In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
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