Alfred Nobel

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 will surely be afraid to start wars.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The world is full of wonders, but they are not always visible to the eye.

To invent is to suffer.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.

I am not interested in money, but in the things that money can buy.

The only true revolution is the revolution of the mind.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

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.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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.

The savants will write their names in the martyrology of science and be crowned with more or less imaginary laurels, but what practical results will they produce? None.

I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers, as they find it difficult to get on in life.

Justice is to be found only in imagination.