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Men Quotes by Alexis Carrel
- Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
- All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
- 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…
- Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
- Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of…
- In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
- To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know
- 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…
- Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the…
- Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless, and often harmful,…
- 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…
- It seems that the increased number of scientific workers, their being split up into groups whose studies are limited to a small subject, and over-specialization…
- It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it.
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- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
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