Alfred Nobel

My factories are built for peace, not for war.

The only true happiness is to be found in doing good.

I am a solitary creature, but I am not lonely.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.

The world is full of wonders, but they are not always seen.

I have invented a new explosive, a very powerful one, but I hope it will be used for peace, not for war.

The human race has a great future, if it can only learn to live in peace.

I am a firm believer in the power of science to improve the human condition.

The greatest invention is the one that brings peace to the world.

I have no family, no children, no heirs. My only heir is humanity.

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.

A recluse, half-alive, a great sinner, who will soon be dead.

I am a socialist, but I am not a communist. I believe in the individual, but I also believe in the community.

The only way to be happy is to be useful.

I intend to leave a good portion of my fortune for the establishment of a prize for the person who has done the most to promote peace.

The second of September, 1890, I was born in Stockholm, Sweden. My father was a chemist and an inventor. My mother was a very intelligent woman.

I am not a man of letters, but a man of dynamite.

I am not interested in money, but in the good that it can do.

I am a citizen of the world, and my country is where I work.

The only thing that matters is the work itself, not the recognition.