I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end. Thomas A. Edison More Quotes by Thomas A. Edison More Quotes From Thomas A. Edison There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. Thomas A. Edison fearspringpeace We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will. Thomas A. Edison findingseducationalthousand I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process. Thomas A. Edison perseverancepatienceinspirational The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine memory is necessarily a fine executive. But if he has the memory he has the first qualification, and if he has not the memory nothing else matters. Thomas A. Edison doemenmemories The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them. Thomas A. Edison childrenyearsreligion Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas A. Edison motivationalpositiveinspirational What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning. Thomas A. Edison learning-lifenever-stop-learningcollege Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison seeming The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. Thomas A. Edison libertylyingpeople Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. Thomas A. Edison perseverancemotivationalpositive IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE Thomas A. Edison familyeducationmotivational X-rays ... I am afraid of them. I stopped experimenting with them two years ago, when I came near to losing my eyesight and Dally, my assistant practically lost the use of both of his arms. Thomas A. Edison twoscienceyears I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal. Thomas A. Edison menpastthinking To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful . Thomas A. Edison brothermotivationalbeautiful Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on. Thomas A. Edison adaptationproblemideas Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl. Thomas A. Edison curlsmouthssmoking Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools. Thomas A. Edison lyingchildrenschool Many a person who could not comprehend Rousseau, and would be puzzled by Montesquieu, could understand Paine as an open book. He wrote with a clarity, a sharpness of outline and exactness of speech that even a schoolboy should be able to grasp. Thomas A. Edison speechwould-bebook I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks. Thomas A. Edison educationalbelieveyears The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours. Thomas A. Edison realsuccessnumbers
