The most slavish thing was to luxuriate, whereas the most royal thing was to labor.
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. –Benjamin
This is the beauty of imagination. An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another.
Tesla was never one to chase recognition—he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation. His imagination was a factory with unlimited resources, and the world an exciting playground with unlim...
The treatment of sewage with a chemical called carbolic acid reduced the incidence of disease among the people and cattle of a nearby small English town. Lister follows the lead and, in 1865, develops...
When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts, Tesla promised.
Believe that genius is a path that we can all take and derive much benefit, happiness, fulfillment, and success from...not a genetic windfall
What is imagination, though? Michelangelo said he saw angels in the marble and carved until he set them free.
Tesla was never one to chase recognition—he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation.
Into the ground. Sixteen iron rods would be
We’ve been indoctrinated to believe that the higher the IQ, the more likely one is to succeed in life.
Defiantly do the work instead and Resistance withers.
The seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is our choice.
Studies of people with extraordinary abilities, like Ted Williams, have given rise to what Swedish psychologist Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the 10,000 hour rule. The rule’s premise is that, regardles...
There was one common factor that researchers recognized in all great performers: they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt.
Or, as Tesla put it, A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may ha...
Declared Tesla as the true father of radio.
We don’t seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive.
Imagination, though? Michelangelo said he saw angels in the marble and carved until he set them free. Most of us regard creativity in the same way we regard that statement—as a mysterious
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance, wrote John D. Rockefeller.
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