Quotes from Alfred Nobel

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

The truthful man is usually a liar.

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

My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.

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.

Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

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.

Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.

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