Quotes by : Alfred Nobel

The capital ... shall form a fund, the interest of which shall be distributed annually as prizes to those....

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry I write now and then for no other purpose....

I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist....

I am a misanthrope, but exceedingly benevolent; I am very cranky, and am a super-idealist. ... I can....

The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations, it is to....

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

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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

The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg....

Home is where I work, and I work everywhere.