It is the cells which create and maintain in us, during the span of our lives, our will to live and survive, to search and experiment, and to struggle. Albert Claude cellcreateexperiment Change image and share on social
Man, like other organisms, is so perfectly coordinated that he may easily forget, whether awake or asleep, that he is a colony of cells in action, and that it is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself. Albert Claude accomplishachieveaction share on social
But, in the name of the experimental method and out of our poor knowledge, are we really entitled to claim that everything happens by chance, to the exclusion of all other possibilities? Albert Claude chanceclaimentitle Change image and share on social
We have entered the cell, the Mansion of our birth, and started the inventory of our acquired wealth. Albert Claude acquirebirthcell Change image and share on social
Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894. Albert Claude bodydetectdiameter Change image and share on social
For the resolving powers of our scientific instruments decide, at a given moment, of the size and the vision of our Universe, and of the image we then make of ourselves. Albert Claude decideimageinstrument Change image and share on social
Is it absurd to imagine that our social behavior, from amoeba to man, is also planned and dictated, from stored information, by the cells? And that the time has come for men to be entrusted with the task, through heroic efforts, of bringing life to other worlds? Albert Claude absurdamoebabehavior share on social
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. Albert Claude codecommoncourage share on social
