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Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Religion
Peace
Spiritual
Light
Ineffable
Men
Brings
Inner
Strength

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Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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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 don't learn to fight worry, die young.
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One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.
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When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.
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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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It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.
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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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Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
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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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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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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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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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To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know
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The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.
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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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The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.
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Intelligence is almost useless to the person whose only quality it is.
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