Quotes by Nikola Tesla

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

“ What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics. ”

“ You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension. ”

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

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

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

“ Everyone should consider his body as a priceless gift from one whom he loves above all, a marvelous work of art, of indescribable beauty, and mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that a word, a breath, a look, nay, a thought may injure it. ”

“ What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment... ”

“ I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. ”

“ If your hate could be turned into electricity, it would light up the whole world. ”

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