36 Quotes by Rita Levi-Montalcini

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.

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.

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

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.

At 100, I have a mind that is superior – thanks to experience- than when i was 20.

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

I should thank Mussolini for having declared me to be of an inferior race. This led me to the joy of working, not any more, unfortunately, in university institutes but in a bedroom.