Alexis Carrel quotes
A few observation and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth.
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
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 mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good.
There is no use trying, said Alice; one can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.