Quotes by Hans Selye

“As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”

“To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.”

“The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.”

“Hans Selye, the pioneer in the understanding of human stress, was often asked the following question: "What is the most stressful condition a person can face?" His unexpected response: "Not having ...”

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows it not, and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazem...”

“Indeed, not all attacksespecially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwinare offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.”

“Adapting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”

“I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because he could not have said, 'I propose to have ...”

“Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.”

“Random search for data on ... off-chance is hardly scientific. A questionnaire on 'Intellectual Immoralities' was circulated by a well-known institution. 'Intellectual Immorality No. 4' read: 'Gene...”

“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.”

“Indeed, not all attacks—especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin—are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.”