Quotes by Alexis Carrel

"The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum."

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"Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive."

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"Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia."

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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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"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace."

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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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"Perhaps I will stay in Chicago and operate on human beings instead of on dogs. From a business standpoint, it would be excellent. But, as I hate medical practice, I would like better to make little money in doing scientific work than a great deal in doing surgical operations."

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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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