Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made strong enough to assert itself once more. For if the power of prayer is again… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this… — 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 Image
“Happiness depends on one being exactly fitted to the nature of one's work.” — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
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 Image
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
The difficulty of finding organs suitable for transplantation on man must be met. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs. — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
