I Am Among Those Who Think That

We Must Have Perseverance And Above All Confidence In Ourselves.

I Never See What Has Been Done; I Only See What Remains To Be Done.

Radium Is Not To Enrich Any One. It Is An Element; It Is For All People.

I Shall Devote Only A Few Lines To The Expression Of My Belief In The Importance Of Science … It Is By This Daily Striving After Knowledge That Man Has Raised Himself To The Unique Position He Occupies On Earth, And That His Power And Well-being Have Continually Increased.

We Must Not Forget That When Radium Was Discovered No One Knew That It Would Prove Useful In Hospitals. The Work Was One Of Pure Science. And This Is A Proof That Scientific Work Must Not Be Considered From The Point Of View Of The Direct Usefulness Of It. It Must Be Done For Itself, For The Beauty Of Science, And Then There Is Always The Chance That A Scientific Discovery May Become Like The Radium A Benefit For Humanity.