"We are whirling through endless space with an inconceivable speed, all around us everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere is energy. There mart be some way of availing ourselves of this energy more directly. Then; with the light obtained from the medium, with the power derived from it, with every form of energy obtained without effort, from the store forever inexhaustible, humanity will advance with giant strides. The mere contemplation of these magnificent possibilities expand our minds, strengthens our hopes and and fills our hearts with supreme delight."
Nikola Tesla
Inventor, Electrical Engineer
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor known for his contributions to the development of alternating current electrical systems and wireless technology.
- Born
- July 10, 1856
- Died
- January 7, 1943
- Quotes
- 187
- Rank
- #100
Quote collection
Nikola Tesla quotes (page 4 of 10)
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"I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed."
"In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at any place desired. The perfection of this means of reading thought will create a revolution for the better in all our social relations."
"Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world."
"Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress."
"A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe, so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature."
"There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment"
"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."
"Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life."
"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more."
"I do not rush into constructive work. When I get an idea, I start right away to build it up in my mind. I change the structure, I make improvements, I experiment, I run the device in my mind. It is absolutely the same to me whether I operate my turbine in thought or test it actually in my shop. It makes no difference, the results are the same. In this way, you see, I can rapidly develop and perfect an invention, without touching anything."
"I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its wings; that one was different. It was a female. I had only to wish and call her and she would come flying to me. I loved that pigeon as a man loves a women, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life."
"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."
"All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether"
"When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device in my mind. It is absolutely immaterial to me whether I run my turbine in my thought or test it in my shop. I even note if it is out of balance."
"The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as a medicine and the sun rays as a food."
"In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization."
"One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet had accomplished so much, filled me with amazement. I felt that the time I had spent studying languages, literature and art was wasted; though later, of course, I learned this was not so."
"Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation."
"One day man will connect his apparatus to the very wheel work of the universe. The very forces that motivate the planets in their orbits and cause them to rotate will rotate his own machinery."