Quotes by Alexis Carrel

“Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor”

“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...”

“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.”

“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.”

“Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.”

“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...”

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

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

“All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.”

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

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

“Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.”

“It is faith and not reason which impels men to action. ... Intelligence is content to point out the road but never drives us along it.”

“To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.”

“A few observations and much reasoning lead to error many observations and a little reasoning to truth.”

“Intuition ... appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.”

“To accomplish our destiny ... we must cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.”

“The influence of prayer on the human mind and body ... can be measured in terms of increased physical buoyancy greater intellectual vigor moral stamina and a deeper understanding of the realitie...”

“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...”

“When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power.”