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Nikola Tesla

Inventor

Born: Jul 10, 1856

Died: Jan 7, 1943

Every Man Me Nature Science Will

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It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects. Nikola Tesla

Become Sense Our Say Evolution Paradoxical More Only Absolute Results Through True Prospects New Opening Know Most Greater Limitations Continuous Intellectual Up Precisely Ignorant Gratifying Conscious Enlightenment

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. Nikola Tesla

Today Mathematics Reality Build Relation Structure Through Equation Scientists Off Wander After Experiments Which Eventually

Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance. Nikola Tesla

Living Every Universe Distance Immediate Sphere Though Geared Seemingly Only Affected Surrounding Infinite Being Influence Engine External

Modern science says: 'The sun is the past, the earth is the present, the moon is the future.' From an incandescent mass we have originated, and into a frozen mass we shall turn. Merciless is the law of nature, and rapidly and irresistibly we are drawn to our doom. Nikola Tesla

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

Today Think Insane Must Instead Clearly Scientists Quite Sane Deeply

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more. Nikola Tesla

Man Matter Our Virtues Inseparable More Failings Like Force Separate

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

Success Love Food Man Heart Emotions Human Heart Creation Think Everything Some Thrill Sees Inventor Through He Like Make Felt Go Brain Friends Forget Any Human Unfolding Sleep

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights. Nikola Tesla

Life You Cause First Calm Own Heights Down Inspiring Step Firm Dizzy Soon Like Ideas Look Powers Sure Altitude Discomfort Climb Blood Begin Get Gets Anxious Influence Turmoil Your

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. Nikola Tesla

Work Future Man Result Will Duty Aim Way Immediate Those Lay Point He Taken Advanced Come Like Ideas Readily Scientific Does His Up Expect Planter Who Foundation

The year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains. Then man's new sense of pity began to interfere with the ruthless workings of nature. As a result, we continue to keep alive and to breed the unfit. Nikola Tesla

Nature Man Survival Law Result Will Year Past Sense Alive Out See Ruthless New Governing Continue Began Fittest Established Unfit Pity Then Ages Strains Breed Interfere Less Workings Keep Roughly Desirable Universally

In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at any place desired. The perfection of this means of reading thought will create a revolution for the better in all our social relations. Nikola Tesla

Time Better Will Thought Reading Revolution Relations Our Distant Visible Possible Perfection Render Any Flash Screen Place Formed Social Create Means Social Relations Image Desired

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

Human Being Control Waves Though Willful Tossed About Entirely He Like Within Without Governed His Human Being Influences Predetermined Turbulent Sea Actions Appear Float External

There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine. Nikola Tesla

Great Religion Me Man Science Natural Conflict Human Being Will Universe Machine No Exception Fact Exception Never Simply Ideal Between Like Because Opposed Came End Human Being Order Which Natural Order Theological Founded

It seems that I have always been ahead of my time. I had to wait nineteen years before Niagara was harnessed by my system, fifteen years before the basic inventions for wireless which I gave to the world in 1893 were applied universally. Nikola Tesla

The Secretary of Hygiene or Physical Culture will be far more important in the cabinet of the President of the United States who holds office in the year 2035 than the Secretary of War. Nikola Tesla

War Culture Will Important Year President Secretary States Physical More Hygiene Cabinet Than Office Holds Far Who United United States

There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental performance. Such food, moreover, taxes our digestive organs decidedly less, and, in making us more contented and sociable, produces an amount of good difficult to estimate. Nikola Tesla

Good Food Plant Superior Doubt Difficult Digestive Our Oatmeal No Doubt Some Mental More Both Moreover Performance Economical Contented Making Than Regard Decidedly Estimate Sociable Taxes Us Produces Less Organs Meat Mechanical Amount

The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun. Nikola Tesla

Energy Harness Sun Drawing Economical Most Known Method

We have soon to have everywhere smoke annihilators, dust absorbers, ozonizers, sterilizers of water, air, food and clothing, and accident preventers on streets, elevated roads and in subways. It will become next to impossible to contract disease germs or get hurt in the city, and country folk will got to town to rest and get well. Nikola Tesla

Food Hurt Water Impossible Will Rest Country Become Accident Dust Air Everywhere Folk City Roads Soon Town Well Smoke Got Contract Get Disease Get Well Clothing Next Elevated Streets

I myself eschew all stimulants. I also practically abstain from meat. Nikola Tesla

Myself Abstain Also Practically Stimulants Meat

The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our conceptions and views are modified. Nikola Tesla

Truth Nature History Science Better Understanding Every Our Better Understanding New Perishable Revealed Get New Truth The History Of Modified Theories Views Shows

If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of an intelligent being, we want to provide more machinery, more power. Power is our mainstay, the primary source of our many-sided energies. Nikola Tesla

Poverty Power Every Our Machinery Give More More Power Individual Misery Primary Primary Source Safe Reduce Provide Source Existence Intelligent Being Want Energies Deserving Needed

The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny. Nikola Tesla

Marriage Trend Difficult Must Parent More No-One Make Opinion Permitted Produce Should Certainly Who Among Desirable Progeny

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