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

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.
Alexis Carrel

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

To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
Alexis Carrel

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.
Alexis Carrel

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.
Alexis Carrel

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.
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.
Alexis Carrel