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A THREAD on timeless thought provoking ideas by Nikola Tesla:
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All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.
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All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed — only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.
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If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
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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.
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.
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Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.
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I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
Inventors don't have time for married life.
I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.
Inventors don't have time for married life.
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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.
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.
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Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments.
The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.
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What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
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Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain.
The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.
Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain.
The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.
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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.
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.
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From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself.
This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life.
From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself.
This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life.
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Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.
Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves.
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I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours.
But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers.
I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours.
But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers.
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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.
He lives and labors and hopes.
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.
He lives and labors and hopes.
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My method is different.
I do not rush into actual work.
When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination.
I change the construction, make improvements, and operate the device entirely in my mind.
My method is different.
I do not rush into actual work.
When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination.
I change the construction, make improvements, and operate the device entirely in my mind.
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Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are still far from this blissful realization.
Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are still far from this blissful realization.
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It is not in the shallow physical imitation of men that women will assert first their equality and later their superiority, but in the awakening of the intellect of women.
It is not in the shallow physical imitation of men that women will assert first their equality and later their superiority, but in the awakening of the intellect of women.
