Alexis Carrel Quotes

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

~ Alexis Carrel

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

~ 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

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

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

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.

~ Alexis Carrel

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

~ Alexis Carrel

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

~ Alexis Carrel

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

~ Alexis Carrel

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

~ Alexis Carrel