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
writing biographies impossible
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.
war military army
Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other in one second all civilized nations will recoil from war in horror.
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.
children mistake independent
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself.
war father hammers
The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading.
country war government
The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.
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.
love heart persuasion
A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.
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.
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.
veils spirituality hiding
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
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.
book men ink
A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.