The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.

Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.

At 20, I realized that I could not possibly adjust to a feminine role as conceived by my father and asked him permission to engage in a professional career. In eight months I filled my gaps in Latin, Greek and mathematics, graduated from high school, and entered medical school in Turin.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

If I had not been discriminated against or had not suffered persecution, I would never have received the Nobel Prize.

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

My experience in childhood and adolescence of the subordinate role played by the female in a society run entirely by men had convinced me that I was not cut out to be a wife.