Nikola Tesla

"Simplicity and elegance are powerful forces in the design of systems."

"Violence is a sign of weakness; only the strong advocate for peace."

"The day when we harness the power of gravity will be the day everything changes."

"To understand the true nature of something, you must examine its fundamental principles."

"I have found that if you focus intently on a problem, the solution often appears."

"The wireless transmission of power is as certain a coming event as the rising of tomorrow's sun."

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

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

"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."

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

"If you wish to understand 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 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to be reconsidered in present, and to be admired by posterity."

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

"The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind."

"Life is and will ever be a succession of problems. The physicist who cannot see that, is blind."

"Originality is the best form of rebellion against mediocrity."

"Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe."

"The finest examples of architecture and majesty of beauty are created by mathematics."

"Invention is not a process of successive improvement upon the ideas of the past. It is rather a process of explosive ideation."

"There is no subject more captivating to me than the source of human life; in all my researches and experiments I have never lost sight of it."

"I have millions of ideas, but few that come to fruition."

"If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have a key to the universe."

"The history of science shows that great discoveries and innovations often encounter fierce resistance from the established order."

"Change could not come if we evolved under pleasant conditions."

"When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain."

"Ethical rules must, however, always be the point of departure."

"I have dedicated myself to the service of scientific truth and the advancement of human knowledge."

"The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if its sole purpose was to do so."