Alfred Nobel

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything pertaining to them, were sent to the devil, who is the author of all mischief.

I am not interested in the afterlife. I am interested in the here and now.

The world needs more dreamers and fewer critics.

My wish is to see the human race advance, not to destroy itself.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The older I get, the more I realize that the only thing that truly matters is love.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

The only thing that is constant is change.

I am a citizen of the world.

My desire is to see the human race advance, not to destroy itself.

The true value of a man is not in what he has, but in what he is.

I am not an optimist, but I am not a pessimist either. I am a realist.

My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions.

It is my express desire that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace movement.

The greatest use of nitroglycerin is in blasting rock.

Man is a fallen god. He retains the divine element in his nature.