Nikola Tesla Quotes
The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.
July, 1934
... all the naval and army officers of the future will have to do, evidently, in the light of the developments which Mr. Tesla promises, will be to sit down and fight their battles with kid gloves.
March 11th, 1908
... I do not believe that capital punishment is proper. I do not see how one person can condemn another to death.
October 16th, 1902Source:
Man was born to work, to suffer and to fight, because whoever does not do so must perish.
There can be no energy in gross matter except that which had been, or is being, received from without.
August 18th, 1935
They (decorations) mean nothing — take them away. The only thing that counts is the good that my work might bring to humanity.
July 11th, 1937
Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.
January 7th, 1905
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
June, 1900
...the idea gradually took hold of me that the earth might be used in place of the wire, thus dispensing with artificial conductors altogether. The immensity of the globe seemed an unsurmountable obstacle but after a prolonged study of the subject I became satisfied that the undertaking was rational...
February, 1919Source:
The greatest energy of movement will be obtained when synchronism is maintained between the pump impulses and the natural oscillations of the system.
May, 1919