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#1

“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...”
― Nikola Tesla

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#2

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

tags: future, present

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#3

“Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.”
― Nikola Tesla

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#4

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
― Nikola Tesla

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#5

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
― Nikola Tesla

tags: energy, frequency, vibration

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#6

“Of all things, I liked books best.”
― Nikola Tesla

tags: books

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#7

“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”
― Nikola Tesla

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#8

“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.”
― Nikola Tesla

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#9

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

tags: humor, inspiration, inspirational, life, science

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#10

“Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs.”
― Nikola Tesla, My Inventions

tags: electricity, science

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#11

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Boscombe Valley Mystery - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

tags: deception, detection, evidence, facts, obviousness, sherlock-holmes

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#12

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

tags: genius, gifts, mediocrity, recognition, sherlock-holmes, talent

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#13

“Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, His Last Bow

tags: sherlock-holmes

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#14

“What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

tags: accomplishment, belief, rewriting-history, sherlock-holmes

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#15

“I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone

tags: brain, intellect, sherlock-holmes

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#16

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Christopher Roden; Tsukasa Kobayashi; Akane Higashiyama; Hiroshi Takata

tags: inspiration, light, sherlock-holmes

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#17

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four

tags: impossible

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#18

“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?'

'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.'

'The dog did nothing in the night-time.'

'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Silver Blaze

tags: blaze, curious, dog, humor, incident, mystery, sherlock-holmes, silver

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#19

“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

tags: sherlock-holmes

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#20

“I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle , The Adventure of the Dying Detective - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

tags: batteries, electricity, energy, exhaustion, futility, sherlock-holmes

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#21

“There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Five Orange Pips

tags: escapism, music, sherlock-holmes, violin

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