Alfred Nobel

The best excuse for the fallen ones is that Madame Justice herself is one of them.

Justice is to be found only in the imagination.

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

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.

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

We build upon the sand, and the older we become, the more unstable this foundation becomes.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

Contentment is the only real wealth

The truthful man is usually a liar.

It is not sufficient to be worthy of respect in order to be respected.

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

Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight.

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.