About Quote by Bertha von Suttner

Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise.

— Charles H. Townes

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite,…

— Alva Myrdal

All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

— Margaret Mead

The Nobel prizes memorialize Alfred Nobel's faith in the contribution that human thought, directed to science and art, can make to human welfare.

— Herbert A. Simon

“Progressivism, in short, was to a very considerable extent led by men who suffered from the events of their time not through a shrinkage…

— Richard Hofstadter

When I was young my Father used to tell me that the two most worthwhile pursuits in life were the pursuit of truth and…

— Frederick Sanger

Alfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands…

— Pierre Curie

Individual advances turn into social change when enough of them occur.

— Elizabeth Janeway

Social change comes through people.

— Paul Watson

“everything that a person does, or says, or thinks, causes that person to change—even if it’s just a little bit at a time. And…

— Clara Benson

All long-term social change comes from the successful efforts of one or another struggling organizations to capture the minds of a hard core of…

— Gary North

In dedicating his estate to the honoring of endeavors that benefit mankind, Alfred Nobel expressed a lifelong concern that is even more timely in…

— Stanford Moore