Alexis Carrel Quotes

Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912. He is known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation. Carrel's research and innovations in the field of medicine have had a profound impact on surgical techniques and the understanding of biological processes. His contributions to science and medicine have made him a highly respected figure in the scientific community.

All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.

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 like a fog.

Perhaps I will stay in Chicago and operate on human beings instead of on dogs. From a business standpoint, it would be excellent. But, as I hate medical practice, I would like better to make little money in doing scientific work than a great deal in doing surgical operations.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritua... -Alexis Carrel

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

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The quote suggests that religion can provide individuals with a source of inner strength, spiritual illumination, and indescribable peace. It implies that religious beliefs and practices contribute to a sense of personal empowerment, enlightenment, and tranquility. It conveys a positive view of the potential benefits of religious faith in fostering peace.

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of ... -Alexis Carrel

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

The difficulty of finding organs suitable for tran... -Alexis Carrel

The difficulty of finding organs suitable for transplantation on man must be met.

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 power of logic.

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 duty it must be transformed.

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

In man, the things which are not measurable are mo... -Alexis Carrel

In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bring... -Alexis Carrel

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

The quality of life is more important than life it... -Alexis Carrel

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

Gigantic sums are now required to maintain prisons and insane asylums and protect the public against gangsters and lunatics. Why do we preserve these useless and harmful beings? The abnormal prevent development of the normal.

To what extent is any given man morally responsibl... -Alexis Carrel

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the no... -Alexis Carrel

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

The German government has taken energetic measures against the propagation of the defective, the mentally diseased, and the criminal.

The Asiatics and the Africans, such as the Russians, the Arabs, the Hindus, are increasing with marked rapidity. Never have the European races been in such great peril as today.

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other peop... -Alexis Carrel

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

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.

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill throu... -Alexis Carrel

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it app... -Alexis Carrel

Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.

Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for h... -Alexis Carrel

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.

A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of ... -Alexis Carrel

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

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