Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for apprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
Alexis CarrelMore than half of all great remedies known to medical history have come from empiricists...'irregulars'...of no or little scientific training. There is no reason to believe that conditions have essentially changed.
Alexis CarrelThe 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 CarrelThe search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.
Alexis CarrelDiscipline brings us effort, sacrifice and suffering. Later it brings us something of an inestimable value: something of which those who live only for pleasure, profit or amusement will always be deprived. This peculiar indefinable joy which one must have felt oneself to understand is the sign with which life marks its moment of triumph.
Alexis Carrel