life passes by in a wink so try to never miss a moment of it

We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.

Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practised it through the ages.

It was too nerve-wracking, a shocking spectacle, like seeing an old, calm friend go insane.

You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.

There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.