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> [Even matter called inorganic, believed to be dead, responds to irritants and gives unmistakable evidence of a living principle within. Everything that exists, organic or inorganic, animated or inert, is susceptible to stimulus from the outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/even-matter-called-inorganic-believed-to-be-dead-responds-to/)

[Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/)

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## 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/)

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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…](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/)

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