Alfred Nobel

My greatest achievement is not what I have done, but what I have inspired others to do.

I am a man of the future, but I am also a man of the past.

The greatest gift is the gift of knowledge.

My factories may well be blowing up, but I am not blowing up with them.

A heart that is not afraid to love is a heart that is not afraid to die.

Hope is nature's way of telling you to keep going.

The highest good is not to live, but to live well.

To be rich is not to have much, but to be much.

My wish is that the prizes should be awarded without any consideration of nationality.

The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.

I intend to leave a good deal of my fortune to the establishment of a prize for peace.

The world needs more peace, not more weapons.

My desire is to do good.

All my life I have been a solitary man, and I have found my greatest joy in my work.

I am not a philanthropist, but I am not a misanthrope either.

Science has done more for the world than all the politicians put together.

The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of the overcoming of it.

What is life? A flash of lightning in the dark, a breath of air, a moment of consciousness.

The more we know, the more we realize how much we don't know.

My only desire is that humanity should benefit from my discoveries.