Alexis Carrel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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