“ I am a misanthrope, but exceedingly benevolent; I am very cranky, and am a super-idealist. ... I can digest philosophy better than food. Alfred Nobel
“ The capital ... shall form a fund, the interest of which shall be distributed annually as prizes to those persons who shall have rendered humanity the best services during the past year. ... One-fifth… Alfred Nobel
“ 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. Alfred Nobel
“ One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge. Alfred Nobel
“ 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. Alfred Nobel
“ A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion. Alfred Nobel
“ I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. Alfred Nobel
“ The day when two army corps can annihilate each other in one second, all civilized nations, it is to be hoped, will recoil from war and discharge their troops. Alfred Nobel
“ 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 par… Alfred Nobel
