Nikola Tesla Quotes

As I review the events of my past life I realize how subtle are the influences that shape our destinies.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

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

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

Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.

There is no memory or retentive faculty based on lasting impression. What we designate as memory is but increased responsiveness to repeated stimuli.

We should begin at the very root from which we spring, we should effect a radical reform in the character of the food.

The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.

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.

The progressive development of man [has as its] ultimate purpose the complete mastery of mind over the material world.