Nikola Tesla

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“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.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“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.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter — for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“The scientists from Franklin to Morse were clear thinkers and did not produce erroneous theories. 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.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.”

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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"I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like the one felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain come to success…such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)

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“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 (1856-1943)

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"If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration."

― Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)