To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.- 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.
The quality of life is more important than life itself.
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.
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.
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.
The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog.
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.
Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable.
Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
