--- title: "13 May Quotes By Nikola Tesla" description: "13 May quotes by Nikola Tesla. Plus more from Nikola Tesla and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nikola-tesla-1383_inspirational_nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many_2324611.jpg" --- > [Nature may reach the same result in many ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many-ways/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nikola-tesla-1383_inspirational_nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many_2324611.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/nikola-tesla-1383_failed_perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these_127866.jpg) > [You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-beyond-your-comprehension/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/nikola-tesla-1383_comprehension_you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-bey_1029414.jpg) > [Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-in-a-perfect-balance-and-hence/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/nikola-tesla-1383_balance_throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-i_2497846.jpg) > [The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/the-spread-of-civilisation-may-be-likened-to-a-fire-first-a-feeble/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/nikola-tesla-1383_civilisation_the-spread-of-civilisation-may-be-likene_2241968.jpg) > [When a coil is operated with currents of very high frequency, beautiful brush effects may be produced, even if the coil be…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/nikola-tesla-1383_afford_when-a-coil-is-operated-with-currents-of_175703.jpg) > [Though we may never be able to comprehend human life, we know certainly that it is a movement, of whatever nature it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/though-we-may-never-be-able-to-comprehend-human-life-we-know/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/nikola-tesla-1383_able_though-we-may-never-be-able-to-comprehen_2023455.jpg) > [Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/everyone-should-consider-his-body-as-a-priceless-gift-from-one-whom/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/nikola-tesla-1383_art_everyone-should-consider-his-body-as-a-p_2019459.jpg) > [I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labour, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/i-am-credited-with-being-one-of-the-hardest-workers-and-perhaps-i-am/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/nikola-tesla-1383_autobiography_i-am-credited-with-being-one-of-the-hard_3005228.jpg) > [I would not give my rotating field discovery for a thousand inventions, however valuable... A thousand years hence, the telephone and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/i-would-not-give-my-rotating-field-discovery-for-a-thousand/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/nikola-tesla-1383_all-time_i-would-not-give-my-rotating-field-disco_2348326.jpg) > [We may produce at will, from a sending station. an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; we may determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/we-may-produce-at-will-from-a-sending-station-an-electrical-effect-in/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/nikola-tesla-1383_courses_we-may-produce-at-will-from-a-sending-st_1901143.jpg) > [Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/055/nikola-tesla-1383_becoming_religion-is-simply-an-ideal-it-is-an-ide_151284.jpg) > [ How extraordinary was my life an incident may illustrate... \[As a youth\] I was fascinated by a description of Niagara Falls. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/how-extraordinary-was-my-life-an-incident-may-illustrate-as-a-youth-i/) [Nikola Tesla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikola-tesla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/nikola-tesla-1383_america_how-extraordinary-was-my-life-an-inciden_276209.jpg) ## Other authors on May ## 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/may/nikola-tesla/#itemlist", "name": "13 May Quotes By Nikola Tesla", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nature may reach the same result in many ways.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikola Tesla" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many-ways/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nikola-tesla-1383_inspirational_nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many_2324611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nikola-tesla-1383_inspirational_nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many_2324611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/nikola-tesla-1383_inspirational_nature-may-reach-the-same-result-in-many_2324611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nature may reach the same result in many ways.” — Nikola Tesla", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikola Tesla" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these-masters-of-mine-may-do-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/nikola-tesla-1383_failed_perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these_127866.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/nikola-tesla-1383_failed_perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these_127866.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/nikola-tesla-1383_failed_perhaps-i-failed-but-i-did-my-best-these_127866.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.” — Nikola Tesla", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikola Tesla" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-beyond-your-comprehension/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/nikola-tesla-1383_comprehension_you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-bey_1029414.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/nikola-tesla-1383_comprehension_you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-bey_1029414.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45e/nikola-tesla-1383_comprehension_you-may-live-to-see-man-made-horrors-bey_1029414.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.” — Nikola Tesla", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nikola Tesla" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikola-tesla/throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-in-a-perfect-balance-and-hence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/nikola-tesla-1383_balance_throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-i_2497846.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/nikola-tesla-1383_balance_throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-i_2497846.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/423/nikola-tesla-1383_balance_throughout-the-infinite-the-forces-are-i_2497846.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may…” — Nikola Tesla", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; 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