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> [All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations of the same living matter. This adapts itself to different jobs and circumstances, but operates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/all-living-organisms-are-but-leaves-on-the-same-tree-of-life-the/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

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> [We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/we-are-all-but-recent-leaves-on-the-same-old-tree-of-life-and-if-this/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

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## More by Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

> [Why does man behave like perfect idiot? This is the problem I wish to deal with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/why-does-man-behave-like-perfect-idiot-this-is-the-problem-i-wish-to/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/discovery-is-seeing-what-everybody-else-has-seen-and-thinking-what/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Science has helped us to understand and master ourselves, creating an elevated new form of human life, the wealth and beauty of which cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/science-has-helped-us-to-understand-and-master-ourselves-creating-an/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/discovery-consists-of-seeing-what-everybody-has-seen-and-thinking/)

[Albert Szent-Györgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Senescent judges show how patriotic they are by passing out hard sentences for tearing up a draft card or following one's conscience according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/senescent-judges-show-how-patriotic-they-are-by-passing-out-hard/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [If any student comes to me and says he wants to be useful to mankind and go into research to alleviate human suffering, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/if-any-student-comes-to-me-and-says-he-wants-to-be-useful-to-mankind/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/a-vitamin-is-a-substance-that-makes-you-ill-if-you-don-t-eat-it/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [The foodstuff, carbohydrate, is essentially a packet of hydrogen, a hydrogen supplier, a hydrogen donor, and the main event during its combustion is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/the-foodstuff-carbohydrate-is-essentially-a-packet-of-hydrogen-a/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [If I go out into nature, into the unknown, to the fringes of knowledge, everything seems mixed up and contradictory, illogical, and incoherent. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/if-i-go-out-into-nature-into-the-unknown-to-the-fringes-of-knowledge/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all its properties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/water-the-hub-of-life-water-is-its-mater-and-matrix-mother-and-medium/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/all-living-organisms-are-but-leaves-on-the-same-tree-of-life-the/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/research-is-to-see-what-everybody-else-has-seen-and-to-think-what/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/we-are-all-but-recent-leaves-on-the-same-old-tree-of-life-and-if-this/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [It is impossible to encircle the hips of a girl with my right arm and hold her smile in my left hand, then proceed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/it-is-impossible-to-encircle-the-hips-of-a-girl-with-my-right-arm-and/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

> [Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-szent-gyorgyi/whatever-a-man-does-he-must-do-first-in-his-mind/)

[Albert Szent-Gyorgyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-szent-gyorgyi/)

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