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 noblest gift of the human cerebrum. ”

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

The quality of life is more important than life itself. ”

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

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. ”

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

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

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