...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
More than half of all great remedies known to medical history have come from empiricists...'irregulars'...of no or little scientific training. There is… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The modern city consists of...dark, narrow streets full of gasoline fumes, coal dust, and toxic gasses, torn by the noise... — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Perhaps I will stay in Chicago and operate on human beings instead of on dogs. From a business standpoint, it would be… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Patients have been cured almost instantaneously of...lupus...,cancer ...,ulcers..., tuberculosis ...In a few seconds, at most a few hours, the symptoms disappear and… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The cell is immortal. It is merely the fluid in which it floats that degenerates. Renew this fluid at regular intervals, give… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless,… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
...the influence of the factory upon the physiological and mental state of the workers has been completely neglected. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
As to virtue . . . it is an act of the will, a habit which increases the quantity, intensity and quality of life.… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
“Happiness depends on one being exactly fitted to the nature of one's work.” — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
The Asiatics and the Africans, such as the Russians, the Arabs, the Hindus, are increasing with marked rapidity. Never have the European races been… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
The difficulty of finding organs suitable for transplantation on man must be met. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
The best way of increasing the [average] intelligence of scientists would be to reduce their number. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share
