Marie Curie — "You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals."

"The scientist in his laboratory is not merely a technician, but also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales."

"I have no dress, except the one I wear every day. If you are going to be kind enough to give me one, please let it be practical and dark so that I can put it on for laboratory work. And I am proud of …"

"The older one gets, the more one feels that the only thing that matters is to do one's duty."

"A scientist must be a child. He must be curious. He must be eager to learn. He must be willing to make mistakes."

"We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained."