About Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, a luminary of extraordinary intellect and profound innovation, stands as a beacon of brilliance in the annals of human history. Born in 1856 in the village of Smiljan, in modern-day Croatia, his genius was evident from an early age. Tesla's
insatiable curiosity and relentless pursuit of knowledge soon catapulted him into the realm of scientific prodigies.
With a mind that defied conventional boundaries, Tesla was a visionary far ahead of his time. He possessed an innate ability to envision and conceptualize inventions in intricate detail, often entirely within the confines of his imagination. From this reservoir of mental acuity, he crafted some of the most transformative and revolutionary concepts that have forever reshaped the modern world.
At the heart of his innovative legacy lies the alternating current (AC) electrical system, a landmark achievement that ushered in an electrified future. His groundbreaking discoveries in electrical engineering and electromagnetism were fundamental in harnessing and distributing electricity efficiently. Without Tesla's pioneering work, the modern electricity grid and the technological marvels it powers would be inconceivable.
Yet, his genius extended well beyond electrical engineering. Tesla's intellectual prowess was multifaceted, encompassing a kaleidoscope of interests, from robotics and wireless communication to radiant energy and X-rays. He envisioned a wireless world long before such a notion was conceivable, laying the groundwork for global communication systems and wireless transmission of power.
Unfortunately, Tesla's genius, like many great minds, existed alongside great adversity. Despite his monumental contributions, he faced numerous challenges throughout his life, including financial setbacks and unscrupulous competitors. Yet, he persisted, driven by an unwavering belief in the transformative potential of his work.
Nikola Tesla's genius reverberates throughout history, and his legacy continues to influence and inspire generations of scientists, engineers, and dreamers. He stands as a testament to the power of human intellect and the boundless possibilities that emerge when genius and creativity converge. As we navigate the complexities of the future, we cannot help but wonder how much further humanity might have advanced if the world had fully embraced the vision of this extraordinary mind during his time.
Best Nikola Tesla Quotes
“Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.”
― Nikola Tesla
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
― Nikola Tesla
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”
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“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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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“But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.”
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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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“I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”
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“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. Uncleanliness, which breeds disease and death, is not only a self-destructive but highly immoral habit.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Its not the love you make. It's the love you give.”
― Nikola Tesla
“As I review the events of my past life I realize how subtle are the influences that shape our destinies.”
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“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 Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.”
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“I don’t care that they stole my idea . . . I care that they don’t have any of their own.”
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“If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.”
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“It seems that I have always been ahead of my time. I had to wait nineteen years before Niagara was harnessed by my system, fifteen years before the basic inventions for wireless which I gave to the world in 1893 were applied universally.”
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“To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions.”
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“Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.”
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“We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.”
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“Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”
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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 really worked, is mine.”
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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 to success . . . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”
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“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.”
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“I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers.”
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“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 is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment...”
― Nikola Tesla
“We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.”
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“The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Of all things, I liked books best.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Our entire biological system, the brain, and the Earth itself, work on the same frequencies.”
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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.”
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“Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view. This again is due to the ignorance of those concerned, not so much in their own, as in their mutual fields. The peril of a clash is aggravated by a more or less predominant sense of combativeness, posed by every human being. To resist this inherent fighting tendency the best way is to dispel ignorance of the doings of others by a systematic spread of general knowledge. With this object in view, it is most important to aid exchange of thought and intercourse.”
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“The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.”
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“I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.”
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“A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.”
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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 the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.”
― Nikola Tesla
“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.”
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“From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement. The pressure of occupation and the incessant stream of impressions pouring into our consciousness through all the gateways of knowledge make modern existence hazardous in many ways. Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The premature death of millions is primarily traceable to this cause. Even among those who exercise care, it is a common mistake to avoid imaginary, and ignore the real dangers. And what is true of an individual also applies, more or less, to a people as a whole.”
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“There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity.”
― Nikola Tesla
“If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.”
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“What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.”
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“The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.”
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“Nature may reach the same result in many ways. Like a wave in the physical world, in the infinite ocean of the medium which pervades all, so in the world of organisms, in life, an impulse started proceeds onward, at times, may be, with the speed of light, at times, again, so slowly that for ages and ages it seems to stay, passing through processes of a complexity inconceivable to men, but in all its forms, in all its stages, its energy ever and ever integrally present. 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. In no way can we get such an overwhelming idea of the grandeur of Nature than when we consider, that in accordance with the law of the conservation of energy, 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.”
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“I am part of a light, and it is the music. The Light fills my six senses: I see it, hear, feel, smell, touch and think. Thinking of it means my sixth sense. Particles of Light are written note. O bolt of lightning can be an entire sonata. A thousand balls of lightening is a concert.. For this concert I have created a Ball Lightning, which can be heard on the icy peaks of the Himalayas.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.”
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“Most certainly, some planets are not inhabited, but others are, and among these there must exist life under all conditions and phases of development.”
― Nikola Tesla
“So astounding are the facts in this connection, that it would seem as though the Creator, himself had electrically designed this planet...”
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“Great moments are born great opportunity”
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“The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified.”
― Nikola Tesla
“As in nature, all is ebb and tide, all is wave motion, so it seems that in all branches of industry, alternating currents - electric wave motion - will have the sway.”
― Nikola Tesla
“There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance.”
― 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.”
― Nikola Tesla
“I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened.”
― Nikola Tesla
“No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.”
― Nikola Tesla
“All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether.”
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“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.”
― Nikola Tesla
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.”
― Nikola Tesla
“I am even grateful to Einstein and others because through their erroneous theories they lead mankind away from that dangerous path I followed.”
― Nikola Tesla
“Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.”
― Nikola Tesla
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