Nikola Tesla

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

"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 existence."

"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees his creation unfolding."

"Invention is not the product of logical thought, even though the final product is tied to a logical structure."

"Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all."

"My brain is only a receiver. In the universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration."

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"Great moments are born from great opportunity."

"Instinct is something which transcends knowledge."

"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power."

"Originality is the one thing that unprotected talent cannot weather."

"The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."

"Money cannot buy happiness; it cannot buy health; it cannot buy love."

"The desire that guides me is to find the absolute truth and reveal it."

"Of all the frictional resistance, the one that most retards human movement is ignorance."

"Practically all the problems that we face are caused by human beings, and all the problems can be solved by human beings."

"What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics."

"There is no Subject more important for public investigation and scientific study than that of the production and use of power."

"Everybody likes to work for a man who lets him alone and does things for him accordingly."

"Electric power is everywhere present all around us, but it has to be transformed and converted to meet the needs of civilization."

"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up."

"I am even more convinced now that the present system is wrong. We cannot long exist half slave and half free."

"If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light the whole world."

"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."

"All people everywhere should have free energy sources."

"Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born."

"I have managed to govern my nerves better than most men."

"The mind of man is capable of anything – because everything is in it, all the world."