List of Hans Selye Quotes

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.

The True Scientist Never Loses The Faculty Of Amazement.

Random Search For Data On ... Off-chance Is Hardly Scientific. A Questionnaire On 'intellectual Immoralities' Was Circulated By A Well-known Institution. 'intellectual Immorality No. 4' Read: 'generalizing Beyond One's Data'. [wilder Dwight] Bancroft Asked Whether It Would Not Be More Correct To Word Question No. 4 'not Generalizing Beyond One's Data.

I Doubt That Fleming Could Have Obtained A Grant For The Discovery Of Penicillin On That Basis [a Requirement For Highly Detailed Research Plans] Because He Could Not Have Said, 'i Propose To Have An Accident In A Culture So That It Will Be Spoiled By A Mould Falling On It, And I Propose To Recognize The Possibility Of Extracting An Antibiotic From This Mould.'

As Much As We Thirst For Approval We Dread Condemnation.

The Builder Of The Best Racing Car Is Not Necessarily Its Best Driver.

It Is Generally Assumed That Recurrent Miscarriage May Be Due To Progesterone Deficiency, Hypothyroidism Or Vitamin E Deficiency And Should Be Treated In Theses Cases With Progesterone, Thyroid Extracts And Vitamin E Respectively. In Theory, Thyroid Therapy Appears To Be The Least Well-founded, Especially When Applied To Women Without Manifest Signs Of Hypothyroidism, Yet Among The Measures Mentioned Above It Is Most Frequently Claimed To Have Been Successful.

Who Would Enjoy A Life Of No Runs, No Hits, No Errors?

My Advice To Any Young Person At The Beginning Of Their Career Is To Try To Look For The Mere Outlines Of Big Things With Their Fresh, Untrained And Unprejudiced Mind.

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.

Leaders Are Leaders Only As Long As They Have The Respect And Loyalty Of Their Followers.

Gratitude Is The Most Important Of All Human Emotions.