Hans Selye

Hans Selye
János Hugo Bruno "Hans" Selye, CC, was a pioneering Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist of Hungarian origin. He conducted much important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors. Although he did not recognize all of the many aspects of glucocorticoids, Selye was aware of their role in the stress response. Charlotte Gerson considers him the first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth26 January 1907
CountryCanada
Fight for your highest attainable aim/ But never put up resistance in vain.
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.
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.'
The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.
The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.
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.
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.
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
Unlock your natural drives by doing what you enjoy.
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.
Complete freedom from stress is death
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.
Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.