I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.

So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk.

I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.

If there is a better solution... find it.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that gives out and then that-"Bugs"as such little faults and difficulties are called show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success-or failure-is certainly reached.