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 …

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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 universi…

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and …

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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 disc…

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

It's not enough what I did in the past - there is also the future.

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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

- Rita Levi-Montalcini

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

- Rita Levi-Montalcini