All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives… — 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
Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
It seems that the increased number of scientific workers, their being split up into groups whose studies are limited to a small… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed,… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible… — 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
