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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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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
Adventure
Personal
Audacious
Undertaking
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Entirely
Search
Dare
Indeed

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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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A few observation and much reasoning lead to error many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
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Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.
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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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The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.
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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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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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Those who do not know how to fight worry die young.
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Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the power of prayer. It is the only power in the world that overcomes the laws of nature.
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