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Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla

Inventor and electrical engineer ahead of his time

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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
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
— Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July 1934
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
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 really worked, is mine.
— Statement to the press, 1935
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.
— Interview for 'Immortality', 1899
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
I do not care that they stole my idea. I care that they don't have any of their own
— Quoted in Tesla: Man Out of Time
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind
— Statement to Liberty magazine, 1935
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
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 Inventions, Electrical Experimenter, 1919
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
— New York Times, July 11, 1931
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world
— Liberty Magazine Interview, February 1935
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world
— My Inventions (Electrical Experimenter, 1919)
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
— Interview with journalist John Smith, 1899
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
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.
— Magazine article: The Problem of Increasing Human Energy
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races
— My Inventions, Electrical Experimenter, 1919
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors
— My Inventions, Electrical Experimenter, 1919
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
— Autobiography: My Inventions
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
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
— My Inventions (Electrical Experimenter, 1919)