Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852 – 1934) was a famous Spanish neuroanatomist and is considered by many to be the father of modern neuroscience. He won the Nobel Prize in 1906 for medicine along with Camillo Golgi.

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• "There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood"
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• "We are loosing friends over the years, as the teeth, and we don't do it without feeling pain"
  • Spanish: "A los amigos, como a los dientes, los vamos perdiendo con los años, no siempre sin dolor".

• "Ideas do not last long. We must do something with them"
  • Spanish: "Las ideas no duran mucho. Hay que hacer algo con ellas".

• "Each man can be, if he so determines, the sculptor of his own brain"
  • Spanish: "Todo hombre puede ser, si se lo propone, escultor de su propio cerebro".

• "While the brain is a mystery, the universe will continue being a mystery as well"
  • Spanish: "Mientras el cerebro sea un misterio, el universo continuará siendo un misterio también".

• "Of all the possible reactions to an insult, the most effective and efficient one is silence"
  • Spanish: "De todas las reacciones posibles ante una injuria, la más hábil y económica es el silencio".

• "The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory"
  • Spanish: "El cerebro es un mundo que consta de numerosos continentes inexplorados y grandes extensiones de territorio desconocido".