Nikola Tesla on Leadership Quotes

"We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences."

"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power."

"There is a knowing that transcends logical deduction; our instincts often grasp truths that our intellect has not yet processed."

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

"Life is and ever will remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors."

"An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving."

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter."

"My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration."

"Misunderstandings are always caused by the inability of appreciating one another's point of view."

"I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labor."

"In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle."

"Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment."

"The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains."

"Of all things, I liked books best."

"The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature."

"What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth."

"It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense."

"Great moments are born from great opportunity."

"One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."

"A new idea must not be judged by its immediate results."

"Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it."

"The sun is the ultimate spring, the source that drives all human life and energy."

"Practical success is achieved by the use of new principles."

"Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe."

"The hard work of the future will be the work of the mind."

"My work is my obsession. It is my life."

"The harness of waterfalls is the most economical method of obtaining energy from the sun."

"I do not count the hours I work; for me, it is not labor but the very essence of my existence and joy."

"The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."

"Enduring peace will only arrive as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment among humanity."

"We are drifting through infinite space with inconceivable speed; everything around us is spinning, everything is moving, everything is energy."

"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

"The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up."