Man is ruined by servility, conformism, obsequiousness, rat… - Rita Levi-Montalcini

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Man is ruined by servility, conformism, obsequiousness, rather than aggressiveness, which is much more common in the environment than within ourselves.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

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About Rita Levi-Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini (22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurologist and politician who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Alternative Names: R. Levi-Montalcini • R Levi-Montalcini • Levi-Montalcini • Rita Levi Montalcini

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Everything came easy to me in life. I could always shake off difficulties, like water on a duck's wings.

I have lost a bit of my sight, much of my hearing. At conferences, I can't see the presentations and can't hear well. But I think more now than when I when I was twenty. The body can do whatever it likes. I am not the body: I am the mind.

I never had any hesitation or regrets in this sense. My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

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