We crave for new sensations but soon become indifferent to them. The wonders of yesterday are today common occurrences
Nikola TeslaWhen I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device in my mind. It is absolutely immaterial to me whether I run my turbine in my thought or test it in my shop. I even note if it is out of balance.
Nikola TeslaMy belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made.
Nikola TeslaWhen wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.
Nikola TeslaWe have to evolve means for obtaining energy from stores which are forever inexhaustible, to perfect methods which do not imply consumption and waste of any material whatever. I now feel sure that the realization of that idea is not far off. ...the possibilities of the development I refer to, namely, that of the operation of engines on any point of the earth by the energy of the medium.
Nikola Tesla