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.

I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

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

For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.