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"It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects."
"Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity."
"What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics."
"Our entire biological system, the brain, and the Earth itself, work on the same frequencies."
"When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts."
"The opinion of the world does not affect me. I have placed as the real values in my life what follows when I am dead."
"My wireless transmitter does not use Hertzian waves, which are a grievous myth, but sound waves in the aether."
"Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe."
"Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment."
"Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance."
"Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it."
"That is the trouble with many inventors; they lack patience. They lack the willingness to work a thing out slowly and clearly and sharply in their mind, so that they can actually "feel it work." They want to try their first idea right off; and the result is they use up lots of money and lots of good material, only to find eventually that they are working in the wrong direction. We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin."
"It’s not the love you make. It's the love you give."
"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."
"No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market."
"Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels."
"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 ... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."
"I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men."
"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."
"The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one."