At 20, I Realized That I Could

If I Die Tomorrow Or In A Year, It Is The Same — It Is The Message You Leave Behind You That Counts.

You've Been Thinking About Something Without Willing To For A Long Time...then, All Of A Sudden, The Problem Is Opened To You In A Flash And You Suddenly See The Answer.

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.

Babies Did Not Attract Me, And I Was Altogether Without The Maternal Sense So Highly Developed In Small And Adolescent Girls.

After A Short Period Spent In Brussels As A Guest Of A Neurological Institute, I Returned To Turin On The Verge Of The Invasion Of Belgium By The German Army, Spring 1940, To Join My Family. The Two Alternatives Left Then To Us Were Either To Emigrate To The United States, Or To Pursue Some Activity That Needed Neither Support Nor Connection With The Outside Aryan World Where We Lived. My Family Chose This Second Alternative. I Then Decided To Build A Small Research Unit At Home And Installed It In My Bedroom.