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
Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise
Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
Leaders are leaders only as long as they have the respect and loyalty of their followers.
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.
Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
Gratitude is the most important of all human emotions.
The builder of the best racing car is not necessarily its best driver.
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.
Complete freedom from stress is death
The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.
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.
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance.
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.