All Alexis Carrel Quotes
- The quality of life is more important than life itself. Important
- Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Both
- All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. Advice
- Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. Destructive
- Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. Appears
- The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained. Day
- All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. All
- The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum. Beauty
- The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this… Becomes
- A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. Error
- Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute… Absolute
- Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality. Best
- The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality… Atmosphere
- Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring… Acquiring
- Jesus knows our world. He does not disdain us like the God of Aristotle. We can speak to Him and He answers us. Although He… All
- If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… Action
- Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy. Energy
- One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings. Dominate
- When we pray we link ourselves with an inexhaustible motive power. Inexhaustible
- Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace. Brings