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.
HANS SELYEIndeed, 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.
More Hans Selye Quotes
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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.
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Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
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Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
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Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
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The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.
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Stress is not necessarily something bad it all depends on how you take it. The stress of exhilarating, creative successful work is beneficial, while that of failure, humiliation or infection is detrimental.
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Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
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Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .
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Stress is the spice of life.
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To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
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Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
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