To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas A. EdisonNegative results are just what I want. Theyโre just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that donโt.
Thomas A. EdisonMy main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Thomas A. EdisonI find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Thomas A. EdisonThe inventor can't do it all, you've got to change people. We have an enormous capacity to invent super-machinery. But our desire to install the device is weak. Human inertia is the problem, not invention. Something in man makes him resist change.
Thomas A. Edison