Nikola Tesla Quotes

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

Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.

My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.

If Mr Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much.

Inventors don't have time for married life.

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

Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.

I have always been ahead of my time.

Great moments are born with great opportunity.

Of all things, I liked books best.

Nature may reach the same result in many ways.

The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.

The entire Earth will be converted into a huge brain

Every living being is an engine geared to the wheel-work of the universe.

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

The last 29 days of the month are the toughest!

I have harnessed the cosmic rays and caused them to operate a motive device.

Each day we go to our work in the hope of discovering.

All peoples everywhere should have free energy sources.

The future will show whether my foresight is as accurate now as it has proved heretofore.

The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant, the truth was revealed.

Is nature a giant cat? If so, who strokes its back?

Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe

Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents.

Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.

Crystals are living beings at the beginning of creation.

There is no energy in matter other than that received from the environment

A woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.

The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as medicine and the sun rays as a food.

It’s not the love you make. It's the love you give.

You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.

All matter comes from a primary substance, the luminiferous ether

No free energy device will ever be allowed to reach the market.

What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.