I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.

In science we must be interested in things, not in persons.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

Just remember you will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn't last

Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening. But I am held by a thousand bonds, and I don't know when I shall be able to arrange things otherwise. Nor do I know whether, even by writing scientific books, I could live without the laboratory.

Radium is not to enrich any one. It is an element; it is for all people.