Both the marble and the sculptor posted on october 15 2014 march 9 2015 by larisa a few weeks ago i ran into this beautiful quote by alexis carrel which captures the difficulty of changing oneself both perfectly and poetically.
Man is both the sculptor and the marble.
Both cannot he himself man marble remake sculptor suffering without quotes to explore what lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Where it is not clear which subject is the artist and which the muse which is the art and which is the imitation.
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor alexis carrel tags.
For he is both the marble and the sculptor.
Betterment change human self formation self improvement.
In chapter 8 of man the unknown by alexis carrel.
Archived man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor alexis carell.
And he cannot remake himself without suffering.
To progress again man must remake himself.
In order to uncover his true visage he must shatter his own substance with heavy blows of his hammer.
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