It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel Prizes] no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.
ALFRED NOBELNature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
More Alfred Nobel Quotes
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Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.
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Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
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I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
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I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.
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Contentment is the only real wealth.
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A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.
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Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.
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It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.
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I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.
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My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace.
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Lying is the greatest of all sins.
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Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
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I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.
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For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.
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Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
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