Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth21 October 1833
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
Alfred Nobel quotes about
real contentment wealth
Contentment is the only real wealth
teacher nature heart
Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
ideas promotion results
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.
ideas innovation be-good
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
sister memories cheer
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.
wish good-wishes
Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
army men world
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.
love heart persuasion
A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.
wish consideration nobel
It is my express wish that in awarding the [Nobel 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.
gun wish use
For my part, I wish all guns with their belongings and everything could be sent to hell, which is the proper place for their exhibition and use.
style reason heavy
Kant's style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.
philosophy misanthrope idealist
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.
liars men truthful
The truthful man is usually a liar.
second-chance agriculture age
Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.