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.
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To his sister-in-law What a contrast between us You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.Alfred Nobel
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
Alfred Nobel
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
Alfred Nobel
It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.
Alfred Nobel
The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible.
Alfred Nobel
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.
Alfred Nobel
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