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

Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.

My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Il corpo faccia quello che vuole, io sono la mente.

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.

Find first peace within yourself. Don’t eat too much. Keep your brain active. Love.

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.

The body does whatever it wants. I am not my body; I am my mind.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same – it is the message you leave behind you that counts.

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