Alfred Nobel Quotes

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.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.

Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.

Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.

The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading.

Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.