Alfred Nobel

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

My factories may well put an end to war sooner than your congresses. The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in a second, all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror and disband their troops.

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

It is not wealth that makes a man, but the power to get wealth.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I am a socialist, but I am not a communist.

A heart without love is a garden without flowers.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

I intend to leave a good portion of my fortune for the establishment of a prize to be awarded annually to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.

My desire is to create a prize for those who have done the most for humanity.

The man who has not learned to be content with what he has, will not be content with what he gets.

I would not give a farthing for a man's religion if his cat and dog are not the better for it.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

To be rich is not to have money, but to have time.

I am not a great man, but I am a man who has done great things.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

One can't be too careful in the choice of one's enemies.

My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I am a misanthrope, but a very amiable one.