The 1000 Wisest Things Ever Said: Wisdom of the Nobel Prize Winners

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'The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer,' said Fridtj of Nansen. Albert Einstein advised, 'Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts' and Cseslaw Milosz warned, 'In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.' Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been the hallmark of genius, but Nobel laureates tend to be more than merely brilliant - their idealism, courage and concern for humanity have also made them sources of inspiration and wisdom.

DAVID PRATT is Professor Emeritus at Queen's University in Canada. His poetry and short stories have appeared in many literary journals in the us, Canada, Britain and Australia.