Author: Alfred Nobel

Quotes

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

- Alfred Nobel

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

- Alfred Nobel

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

- Alfred Nobel

Justice is to be found only in imagination.

Justice is to be found only in imagination.

- Alfred Nobel

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.

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.

- Alfred Nobel

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

- Alfred Nobel

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

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

- Alfred Nobel

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

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

- Alfred Nobel

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

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

- Alfred Nobel

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