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Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944)

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If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

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

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