Excerpts of Citations
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If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.
~Nikola Tesla
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The origin of life, whether human or inferior, must be lodged in some character whom I have not seen! Follow it back, no matter whether it be for six thousand years, six millions, six million milli...
~Brigham Young
from Journal of Discourses, 13:248 [25 September 1870] -
I don't think I have any sort of master plan. I work intuitively.
~Peter Weir
from http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001837/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm -
All perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, or tenuity beyond conception, filling all space, the akasha or luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life giving ...
~Nikola Tesla
from Man's Greatest Achievement, 1907 -
Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is not novel… We find it in the delightful myth of Antheus, who derives power...
~Nikola Tesla
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The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out. Thy mind, O man! if thou wilt lead a soul unto salvation, must ...
~Joseph Smith
from Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.137 -
There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.
~Shams Tabrizi
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The summary of the advice of all prophets is this; Find yourself a mirror.
~Shams Tabrizi
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It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
~Shams Tabrizi
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The past is an interpretation. The future is an illusion. The world does not more through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the pas...
~Shams Tabrizi
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The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can’t neither guess the future, neither change the past.
~Shams Tabrizi
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Seek to overcome that in yourself which most disturbs you in other people.
~Thomas à Kempis
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Nothing is so much calculated to lead people to forsake sin as to take them by the hand, and watch over them with tenderness. When persons manifest the least kindness and love to me, O what power i...
~Joseph Smith
from History of the Church, 5:23–24 -
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of socie...
~Edward Bernays
from Propaganda, 1928 -
We have heretofore identified the Jews as both the nationals of the kingdom of Judah and as their lineal descendants, all this without reference to tribal affiliation. And we have said, within this...
~Bruce R. McConkie
from Millennial Messiah, p 233,238 -
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
~Phil Karlton