Nikola Tesla - The human being is a self-prope...

The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.

Nikola Tesla

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Born: Jul 10, 1856

Died: Jan 7, 1943

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