75 Quotes by Alexis Carrel

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

A tissue is evidently an enduring thing. It's functional and structural conditions become modified from moment to moment. Time is really the fourth dimension of living organisms. It enters as part into the constitution of a tissue. Cell colonies, or organs, are events which progressively unfold themselves. They must be studied like history.

Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.

El tiempo físico nos es extraño,mientras el tiempo interior es nosotros mismos.

Uma tentativa infeliz vale mais do que a ausência de tentaiva

İnsan, tekrar yücelmesi için kendini yeni baştan inşa etmek zorundadır. Ve bu yenileşmeyi ızdırap çekmeden yapamaz. Çünkü o hem mermerdir, hem de heykeltraş. Hakiki biçimini yeniden kazanmak için, büyük çekiç darbelerini kendi maddesine indirerek kıvılcımlar çıkaracaktır.

ان الأساليب التي تستخدمها الأعضاء في بناء نفسها غريبة على العقل البشري. أكوام من المادة تنبثق من خلية واحدة مفردة، كأن بيتاً بأكمله يبنى من طوبه سحرية، طوبة تقوم تلقائيا بتوليد وحدات أخرى من الطوب و تنمو الأعضاء بطريقة تذكرنا بما تفعله الجنّيات في قصص الأطفال. أن عقولنا تتوه تماما في العالم الداخلي للأعضاء

The quality of life is more important than life itself.

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