Nikola Tesla Quotes

Biography: Nikola Tesla is renowned for his pioneering contributions to the devel... more Biography: Nikola Tesla is renowned for his pioneering contributions to the development of alternating current (AC) electrical systems. Born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Croatia, Tesla's inventions and theoretical work laid the groundwork for modern electricity and wireless communication. His innovative spirit continues to inspire. less

"One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.""All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed—only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.""Instinct is something which transcends knowledge.""Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.""Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.""With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look — for dizzier heights.""The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.""We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.""The scientists of today have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.""Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.""Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.""The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.""If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.""The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.""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 always tend to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife.""Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment""I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men""The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains""If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world""The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power"

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