Alexis Carrel
Quotes by Alexis Carrel
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
— Alexis Carrel
Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.
— Alexis Carrel
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.
— Alexis Carrel
The quality of life is more important than life itself.
— Alexis Carrel
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.
— Alexis Carrel
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
— Alexis Carrel
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.
— Alexis Carrel
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.
— Alexis Carrel