Alexis Carrel Biography

Alexis Carrel, Scientist
Occup.Scientist
FromFrance
BornJune 28, 1873
DiedNovember 5, 1944
Aged71 years
He has actually created a number of new strategies in vascular sutures and also was a leader when it concerned the transplant of body organs and thoracic surgical treatment. Alexis Carrel was likewise a participant of several scholars firms in the U.S., Spain, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Vatican, Germany, Italy as well as Greece, and he received honorary doctorates from, among other things, Queen's College of Belfast, Princeton College, Brown University and Columbia University.

Carrel obtained his medical level from the Università © de Lyon, he practiced as a surgeon in France as well as the United States at the University of Chicago and also the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research. He teamed up with the American physician Charles Claude Guthrie on the work of the vascular stitches and also when it concerned the transplant of blood vessels as well as organs in between people.

Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Alexis.
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20 Famous quotes by Alexis Carrel

Small: Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia
"Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia"
Small: Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality
"Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality"
Small: In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable
"In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable"
Small: Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality
"Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality"
Small: Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself
"Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself"
Small: Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind
"Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind"
Small: All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people
"All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people"
Small: All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to kno
"All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know"
Small: A few observation and much reasoning lead to error many observations and a little reasoning to truth
"A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth"
Small: To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know
"To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know"
Small: Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the o
"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"
Small: The quality of life is more important than life itself
"The quality of life is more important than life itself"
Small: The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of ones day and every night t
"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"
Small: The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum
"The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum"
Small: The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny.
"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"
Small: The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves u
"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"
Small: Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable realit
"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"
Small: Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace
"Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace"
Small: Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor"
Small: Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive
"Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive"