Nikola Tesla

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

Instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.

A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results.

The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.

It is not a dream, it is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering, only expensive — blind, faint-hearted, doubting world!

We are whirling through endless space with an inconceivable speed, all around us everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere there is energy. There must be some way of availing ourselves of this energy more directly.

The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences.

I have already demonstrated, by crucial tests, the practicability of signaling by my system from one to any other point of the globe, no matter how remote, and I shall soon convert the disbelievers.

Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought, may injure it.

I do not believe there is any thought or action that can be hidden from the cosmos.

The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.

The last 29 days of the month are the hardest.

The power of the mind is an element in every great invention.

The world is not yet ready for it. It is too far ahead of time. But the same laws will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal success.

I have been leading a secluded life, one of continuous, concentrated thought and deep meditation. Naturally enough I have accumulated a great number of ideas.

The only way to keep up with the times is to be ahead of them.

I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland.

I have made the most important discovery of my life, the most important discovery of all time. I have found the missing link between the living and the dead.

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 by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost.

There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact.