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

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.

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.

First principle: never to let one’s self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Stability can only be attained by inactive matter.

It feels so scary getting old.

Your birth may be common, But death must be history.

I don’t age anymore .

Every birth has its significant lifetime miracles. We are supposed to forget all but we are also supposed to remember again. The veil of oblivion exists to make it more interesting to discover ourselves again.

I love a card. You know, cards? At birthdays? I collect them.

Never compromise on who you are. You are born with the capacity to achieve greatness if you so desire.

The older you get the more you appreciate being home doing absolutely nothing.

Mortality is very different when you’re 20 to when you’re 50.