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

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

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

A child from the age of 2 or 3 absorbs what is in the environment and what generates hatred for anyone perceived to be different.

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.

I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.

I tell young people: Do not think of yourself, think of others. Think of the future that awaits you, think about what you can do and do not fear anything.