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Nikola Tesla quotes

1856–1943 · Serbian-American inventor

Tesla's alternating-current system powers the modern world. His internet fame has produced a stream of mystical quotes he never wrote.

0 real · 2 not theirs

Not theirs

2 famous lines credited to Nikola Tesla that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

Not theirs
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.

Actually: No source in Tesla's articles, patents, interviews or autobiography has been found.

No source found
The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.

The trail: Widely quoted, but no original publication has been located.