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In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.

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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Measurable
Wisdom
Important
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Men

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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 best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.
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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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Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.
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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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Prayer is the most powerful form of energy one can generate....It supplies us with a flow of sustaining power in our daily lives.
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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
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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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One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.
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The quality of life is more important than life itself.
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If the doctor of today does not become the dietician of tomorrow, the dietician of today will become the doctor of tomorrow.
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Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
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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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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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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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Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.
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