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44 quotes by Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла; 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before immigrating to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in New York City. He soon...
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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of... →

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The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less... →

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There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental... →

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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.

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Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of... →

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There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded... →

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Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

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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... →

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Electrical science has revealed to us the true nature of light, has provided us with innumerable appliances and instruments of precision, and has... →

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I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.

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