Nikola Tesla — "To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions."

"I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one."

"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily grasped. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the w…"

"I am not an inventor, I am a discoverer."

"The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power."

"I could only with difficulty understand the enthusiasm of others for any but engineering achievements."