“Science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.”

It was like a new world opened to me, the world of science, which I was at last permitted to know in all liberty.

A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.

You will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn’t last.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

Life is not easy for any for us.

I am among those who think that science has great beauty.

It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

More and more, I feel the need for a house and a garden.

All that I saw and learned was a new delight to me.

Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present moment must be enjoyed, comparable to a state of grace.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals.

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.