My father had a large library and whenever I could manage I tried to satisfy my passion for reading.
NIKOLA TESLAFrom my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.
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Great moments are born great oppurtunity.
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My ear barely caught signals coming in regular succession which could not have been produced on earth.
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Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.
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Perhaps I failed, but I did my best, These masters of mine may do the rest.
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I could only achieve success in my life through self-discipline, and I applied it until my wish and my will became one.
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The entire Earth will be converted into a huge brain.
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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.
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Sometimes I feel that by not marrying, I made too great a sacrifice to my work.
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Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
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The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries.
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Of all things, I liked books best.
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In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being
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The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.
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Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment.
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If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn’t sweat as much.
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