Hans Selye Quotes

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To remain healthy, man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.

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The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows it not, and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead. We all had this priceless talent when we were young. But as time goes by, many of us lose it. The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement. It is the essence of his being.

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It is not to see something first, but to establish solid connections between the previously known and the hitherto unknown that constitutes the essence of scientific discovery.

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Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

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The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

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Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.

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The further knowledge advances, the nearer we come to the unfathomable: the more we know how to use our knowledge, the better we see that the unfathomable is of no practical use.

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If a scientist makes no important observation he deserves no credit. But if a significant fact comes his way and he still does not see its importance, he can only blame himself.

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Scientists are probably the most individualistic bunch of people in the world. All of us are and should be essentially different; there would be no purpose in trying to fit us into a common mold.

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To me nature created man, and nature is superior.

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The microscope can see things the naked eye cannot, but the reverse is equally true.

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Scientific curiosity can be satisfied much more easily by reading the publications of others than by working in the lab. It may take years to prove by experimentation what we can learn in the few minutes needed to read the published end result. So let us not fool ourselves; the driving force is hardly sheer curiosity.

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