58 Inspirational Quotes By Nikola Tesla That Are Still Relevant
Nikola Tesla was an inventor and engineer who garnered over 300 patents in his lifetime. His most famous work, however, was the development of alternating current which laid the foundation for futuristic technologies. Here are a few interesting piece of trivia from the life of this famous scientist.
A lightning storm was raging when Tesla was born and apparently the midwife deemed it to be a bad omen and said “This child will be a child of darkness.” Hearing this, his mother replied, “No. He will be a child of light.”
Tesla was a man of wit and humor and he would indulge in funny correspondences with friends. For instance, he penned this letter to an acquaintance after dining with friend Rudyard Kipling.
April 1, 1901
My dear Mrs. Johnson,
What is the matter with inkspiller Kipling? He actually dared to invite me to dine in an obscure hotel where I would be sure to get hair and cockroaches in the soup.
Yours truly,
N. Tesla
Tesla was an inventor who realized the importance of renewable resources and even conducted research on how to utilize energy from earth and air. He was also a humanist who is described by Jane Alcorn as someone who “did what he did for the sake of the betterment of mankind and wanted to give people an opportunity to have a better quality of life. Thus, he never seemed to care about monetary gain and never had enough money for his research.”
Here are a few inspirational quotes by the famous scientist Nikola Tesla.
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own
The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
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.
If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world.
Of all things, I liked books best.
My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more
All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.
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
Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors.
If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe.
We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences
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.
Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains.
The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.
You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.
Great moments are born great oppurtunity
Its not the love you make. It's the love you give.
Inventors don't have time for married life.
So astounding are the facts in this connection, that it would seem as though the Creator, himself had electrically designed this planet...
Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents.
Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.
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.
