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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.

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
Virtue
Strengthens
Quality
Builds
Life
Increases
Quantity
Intensity
Increase
Personality
Habit

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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
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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 quality of life is more important than life itself.
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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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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.
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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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In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
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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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Logic never attracts men to the point of carrying them away.
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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 don't learn to fight worry, die young.
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The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number.
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All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
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