Nikola Tesla

“We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences”

“Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.”

“If we want to avert an impending calamity and a state of things which may transform this globe into an inferno, we should push the development of flying machines and wireless transmission of...”

“Years hence it will be possible for nations to fight without armies, ships or guns, by weapons far more terrible, to the destructive action and range of which there is virtually no limit. A...”

“I am filled with conviction that the interests of humanity would be best served if the United States remained true to its traditions and kept out of “entangling alliances.”

“Our bodies are of such complexity of structure, the motions we perform are so numerous and involved, and the external impressions on our sense organs to such a degree delicate and elusive th...”

“Only through annihilation of distance in every respect, as the conveyance of intelligence, transport of passengers and supplies and transmission of energy will conditions be brought about so...”

“Science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is...”

“To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions.”

“Instinct is something which transcends knowledge”

“Soon became convinced I was right and undertook the task with all the fire and boundless confidence of youth.”

“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.”

“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.”

“Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”

“Bu ülkede şu anda alkol tüketimine karşı sert ve hatta anayasaya aykırı önlemler alınıyor ve fakat küçük yaşlarda bile özgürce kullanılan kahve,çay,tütün,sakız ve diğer uyarıcılar - ölenleri...”

“Of all things, I liked books best.”

“I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat.”

“We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated roads and in subways...”

“Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.”

“The newspapers of the twenty-first century will give a mere 'stick' in the back pages to accounts of crime or political controversies, but will headline on the front pages the proclamation o...”