--- title: "3 Electricity Quotes By Nikola Tesla" description: "3 Electricity quotes by Nikola Tesla. Plus more from Nikola Tesla and more Electricity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/nikola-tesla-1383_answers_i-cannot-exaggerate-the-effect-of-this-m_794130.jpg" --- > [I cannot exaggerate the effect of this marvelous sight on my childish imagination. Day after day I asked myself what is electricity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/i-cannot-exaggerate-the-effect-of-this-marvelous-sight-on-my-childish/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/nikola-tesla-1383_answers_i-cannot-exaggerate-the-effect-of-this-m_794130.jpg) > [The day when we shall know exactly what electricity is will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/the-day-when-we-shall-know-exactly-what-electricity-is-will-chronicle/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/nikola-tesla-1383_agents_the-day-when-we-shall-know-exactly-what_866619.jpg) > [If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/if-your-hate-could-be-turned-into-electricity-it-would-light-up-the/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/nikola-tesla-1383_electricity_if-your-hate-could-be-turned-into-electr_2360200.jpg) ## Other authors on Electricity - [Steven Magee 24 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/steven-magee/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/bill-gates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-narendra-modi-70220.jpg) Narendra Modi 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/narendra-modi/) - [Michael Shellenberger 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/michael-shellenberger/) - [Benjamin Franklin 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/benjamin-franklin/) - [Maya Angelou 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/maya-angelou/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/barack-obama/) ## More by Nikola Tesla > [From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/from-childhood-i-was-compelled-to-concentrate-attention-upon-myself/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/in-a-time-not-distant-it-will-be-possible-to-flash-any-image-formed/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Women will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/women-will-ignore-precedent-and-startle-civilization-with-their/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Great moments are born great opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/great-moments-are-born-great-opportunity/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [ If he \[Thomas Edison\] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/if-he-thomas-edison-had-a-needle-to-find-in-a-haystack-he-would-not/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/man-like-the-universe-is-a-machine-nothing-enters-our-minds-or/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/the-day-science-begins-to-study-non-physical-phenomena-it-will-make/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the retina or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/all-knowledge-or-form-conception-is-evoked-through-the-medium-of-the/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/every-living-being-is-an-engine-geared-to-the-wheelwork-of-the-2/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these-masters-of-mine-may-do-the/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do not believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/religion-is-simply-an-ideal-it-is-an-ideal-force-that-tends-to-free/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/what-we-now-want-is-closer-contact-and-better-understanding-between/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [When a coil is operated with currents of very high frequency, beautiful brush effects may be produced, even if the coil be of comparatively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/when-a-coil-is-operated-with-currents-of-very-high-frequency/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) > [Of all the frictional resistances, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance, what Buddha called 'the greatest evil in the world.' The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/of-all-the-frictional-resistances-the-one-that-most-retards-human/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/i-am-even-grateful-to-einstein-and-others-because-through-their/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electricity/nikola-tesla/#itemlist", "name": "3 Electricity Quotes By Nikola Tesla", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I cannot exaggerate the effect of this marvelous sight on my childish imagination. Day after day I asked myself what is electricity and found no answer. 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