"What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books."

"One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself."

"Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination."

"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking."

"I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award."

"Every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"I'm against all war."

"The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order."