Nikola Tesla

But 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.

Nikola Tesla

By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company.

Nikola Tesla

Deficient observation is merely a form of ignorance and responsible for the many morbid notions and foolish ideas prevailing.

Nikola Tesla

Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world’s machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.

Nikola Tesla

Electrical science has disclosed to us the more intimate relation existing between widely different forces and phenomena and has thus led us to a more complete comprehension of nature and its many manifestations to our senses.

Nikola Tesla

Even matter called inorganic, believed to be dead, responds to irritants and gives unmistakable evidence of a living principle within. Everything that exists, organic or inorganic, animated or inert, is susceptible to stimulus from the outside.

Nikola Tesla

Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of life-energy. I never paid such a price.

Nikola Tesla

For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring peace and harmony among men, but as a deeply founded truth. The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.

Nikola Tesla

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

Nikola Tesla

Great moments are born great oppurtunity.

Nikola Tesla