Alfred Nobel

"Home is where I work and I work everywhere."

"The best excuse for the fallen ones is that Madame Justice herself is one of them."

"Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight."

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."

"Lying is the greatest of all sins."

"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."

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

"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 surely will abide by golden peace."

"A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion."

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

"Contentment is the only real wealth"

"We build upon the sand, and the older we become, the more unstable this foundation becomes."

"The truthful man is usually a liar."

"Justice is to be found only in the imagination."

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

"Worry is the stomach's worst poison."

"Ich bin wie Nobel der Ansicht, dass die Menschheit mehr Gutes als Böses aus den neuen Entdeckungen gewinnen kann."

"Ich möchte einen Stoff oder eine Maschine schaffen können von so fürchterlicher, massenhaft verheerender Wirkung, daß dadurch Kriege überhaupt unmöglich würden."

"Ich bin besonders der Ansicht, dass große ererbte Vermögen ein Unglück sind, die das Menschengeschlecht nur in Apathie führen."

"Es gibt nicht den geringsten Grund, warum ich, der ich für das Kaufmännische nicht ausgebildet bin und es von Herzen hasse, damit fortfahren sollte."