Nikola Tesla Quotes
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Perhaps it is better in this present world of ours that a revolutionary idea or invention instead of being helped and patted be hampered and…
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The recurrence of a phenomenon like Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would…
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Ere long intelligence-transmitted without wires-will throb through the earth like a pulse through a living organism. The wonder is that, with the present state of…
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything he achieved was the result…
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it…
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This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded like snow in April, but…
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Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.
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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…
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When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.
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A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.
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My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.
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His [Thomas Edison] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance…
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If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be,…
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Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar…
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Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world's machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of…
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All peoples everywhere should have free energy sources.
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I can now state that I have succeeded in operating a motive device by means of [cosmic rays]. I will tell you in the most…
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If we use our fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly…
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Of all things I liked books best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for…
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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…
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