"Even granting that the genius subjected to the……" — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
"Even granting that the genius subjected to the test of critical inspection emerges free from all error, we should consider that everything he has discovered in a given domain is almost nothing in comparison with what is left to be discovered."
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19 Quotes by Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical…
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As long as our brain is a mystery, the universe, the reflection of the structure of the brain will also…
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The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.
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Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.
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To know the brain...is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of…
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In my own view, some advice about what should be known, about what technical education should be acquired, about the…
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Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and…
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In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of…
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The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as…
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Like the enotmologist in search of colorful butterflies, my attention has chased in the gardens of the grey matter cells…
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In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.
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Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he…
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