Alexis Carrel citáty

„Nejlepší způsob, jak zvýšit inteligenci vědců by bylo snížit jejich počet.“

—  Alexis Carrel

Originál: (en) The best way to increase the intelligence of scientists would be to decrease their number.
Zdroj: [Carrel, Alexis, 1938, Man, the unknown, Hamilton, 42, angličtina]

„Sebeláska je motorem světa, láska je pohonnou hmotou.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Krása je nevyčerpatelný pramen radosti pro toho, kdo ho umí odkrýt.“

—  Alexis Carrel

Varianta: Krása je nevyčerpatelným pramenem radosti pro toho, kdo ho umí odkrýt.

„Když je žena muži nevěrná, má se za to, že k tomu má vážnější důvod než jen ložnicovou nespokojenost.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Milenec je vždy rozezlen, když vstoupí do ložnice a v posteli spatří svou milenku s manželem.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Manželství je nejen stav blaženosti, ale někdy i soudní proces.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Ženy by měly rozvíjet své schopnosti, jak to odpovídá jejich přirozené provaze a nepokoušet se napodobovat muže.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Člověk je tvor neznámý.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor“

—  Alexis Carrel

„Intelligence is almost useless to the person whose only quality it is.“

—  Alexis Carrel

L'intelligence est presque inutile à celui qui ne possède qu'elle.
(1935)

„Prayer is the force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy had failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.“

—  Alexis Carrel

„The existence of finality within the organism is undeniable. Each part seems to know the present and future needs of the whole, and acts accordingly. The significance of time and space is not the same for our tissues as for our mind. The body perceives the remote as well as the near, the future as well as the present.“

—  Alexis Carrel

Zdroj: (1935), p. 197

„The German government has taken energetic measures against the propagation of the defective, the mentally diseased, and the criminal. The ideal solution would be the suppression of each of these individuals as soon as he has proven himself to be dangerous.“

—  Alexis Carrel

As quoted by Andrés Horacio Reggiani: God's eugenicist. Alexis Carrel and the sociobiology of decline. Berghahn Books, Oxford 2007, p. 71. See Der Mensch, das unbekannte Wesen. DVA, Stuttgart 1937.
(1935)

„The conditioning of petty criminals with the whip, or some more scientific procedure, followed by a short stay in hospital, would probably suffice to insure order. Those who have murdered, robbed while armed with automatic pistol or machine gun, kidnapped children, despoiled the poor of their savings, misled the public in important matters, should be humanely and economically disposed of in small euthanasic institutions supplied with proper gasses. A similar treatment could be advantageously applied to the insane, guilty of criminal acts.“

—  Alexis Carrel

Zdroj: (1935), p. 391

„All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.“

—  Alexis Carrel

As quoted in Nava-Vēda : God and Man (Nara and Narayan) (1968‎) by M. B. Raja Rao, p. 229