Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
We must have perserverence and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something.
All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.
