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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

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

Man must remake himself. And he cannot remake himself without suffering. For he is both the marble and the sculptor.

Man, The Unknown (1935)

Instead of leveling organic and mental inequalities, we should amplify them and construct greater men.

Man, The Unknown (1935)

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

Man, The Unknown (1935)

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.

Man, The Unknown (1935)

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Men do not lead the revolution; it is the Revolution that uses men.

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The great revolution in the history of man, past, present and future, is the revolution of those determined to be free.

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