Nikola Tesla

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

Nikola Tesla

Of all things I liked books the best. My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.

Nikola Tesla

One may feel a sudden wave of sadness and rake his brain for an explanation when he might have noticed that it was caused by a cloud cutting off the rays of the sun.

Nikola Tesla

One of the great events in my life was my first meeting with Edison. This wonderful man, who had received no scientific training, yet had accomplished so much, filled me with amazement. I felt that the time I had spent studying languages, literature and art was wasted; though later, of course, I learned this was not so.

Nikola Tesla

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences.

Nikola Tesla

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

Nikola Tesla

The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.

Nikola Tesla

The by far greater number of human beings are never aware of what is passing around and within them, and millions fall victims of disease and die prematurely just on this account.

Nikola Tesla

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

Nikola Tesla

The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone-that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Nikola Tesla