I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common...

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

Religion is all bunk.

Religion is all bunk.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.