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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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Alexis Carrel
Age: 71 †
Born: 1873
Born: June 28
Died: 1944
Died: August 21
Biologist
Physiologist
Sociologist
Surgeon
Mont-Chalier
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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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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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When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.
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In joy or sorrow, health or sickness, prosperity or the reverse, the effort must still continue. One must rise after every fall and gradually acquire courage, faith, the will to succeed and the capacity to love.
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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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All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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There are no watertight compartments in our inmost nature.
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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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One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.
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Patients have been cured almost instantaneously of...lupus...,cancer ...,ulcers..., tuberculosis ...In a few seconds, at most a few hours, the symptoms disappear and the anatomic lesions mend. The miracle is characterized by extreme acceleration of the normal process of healing.
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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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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 search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
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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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Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
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Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
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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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