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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
Personality
Habit
Virtue
Strengthens
Quality
Builds
Life
Increases
Quantity
Intensity
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Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.
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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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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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Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
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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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Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
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Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.
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The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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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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Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
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Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless, and often harmful, have become a necessity for civilized men.
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...the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected.
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Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
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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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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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...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.
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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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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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To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know
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