Nikola Tesla

"The motivation for all my work has been the idea that when we break through the unknown, we solve the mysteries of nature and the universe."

"We live in a fantasy of wireless power transmission across the globe."

"A male mind is driven by lust and the desire to procreate, making clear thinking difficult."

"My system is the most efficient because I understand the relationship between myself and the planet."

"The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries."

"Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe."

"I am sick and sorry but I can't do a thing about it. I have worked so hard and have been so successful."

"Refined food is less nourishing than whole food."

"The scientific man is not looking for an immediate result; he does not expect his advanced ideas will be readily adopted."

"I determined upon an arduous and exceptional undertaking—nothing less than the complete revolution of radio transmission."

"The beauty and elegance of a solution often indicates superior insight into the nature of the problem."

"I want the world to be free, and I will work until I achieve it or die trying."

"Fear and pain and suffering are the roots of all action."

"Woman will always govern men, and in the future, perhaps more than ever."

"The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences."

"One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."

"Possibilities and impossibilities are only two words for lack of energy and abundance of energy."

"The transmission of wireless energy is nothing essentially new, for years I have been studying the transmission of energy without wires."

"I am looking forward to meeting people in the next life."

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

"The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams only."

"My brain is something more than merely mortal, as time will show."

"The human heart is a pump that distributes life force throughout the body via blood."

"Great moments are born from great opportunity."

"We are all connected; I knew this since I was very young."

"I have designed a system of transmitting mechanical and electrical energy without wires that is far more efficient than any hereto proposed."

"The main trouble with people is that they do not grasp that the transmission of energy is of much greater importance than the transmission of information."

"I love my country, but I love truth better."

"Alternate currents are more suited to the transmission of power and energy over distance."

"There is no greater source of disagreement than the interpretation of the facts."