Nikola Tesla Quotes
21 quotes from Nikola Tesla — Serbian-American inventor who developed the AC electrical system, Tesla coil, and radio technology..
“The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.”
“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.”
“The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain.”
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”
“The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power.”
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.”
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
“What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife.”
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
“Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.”
“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”
“Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.”
“Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”
“I have always been ahead of my time.”
“The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.”
“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”
“Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.”
“Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.”
“The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.”
“Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are still far from this blissful realization.”
