The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more than microbes of a nasty disease. My project was retarded by laws of nature. The… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Women will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nothing enters our minds or determines our actions which is not directly or indirectly a response to… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
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… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
All knowledge or form conception is evoked through the medium of the eye, either in response to disturbances directly received on the retina or… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Religion is simply an ideal. It is an ideal force that tends to free the human being from material bonds. I do not believe… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
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