A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. 'Arent you discouraged by all this waste of effort' the reporter asked. Edison 'Waste Theres nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that wont work.
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I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.Thomas Alva Edison
There is a great directing head of things and people a supreme being, who looks after the destinies of the world. I have faith in a supreme being, and all my thoughts are regarding the life after death where the soul goes, what form it takes and its relations to those now living. I am convinced that the body is made up of entities which are intelligent. When one cuts his finger, I believe it is the intelligence of those entities that heals the wound. When one is sick, it is the intelligence of these entities that brings convalescence. You know that there are living cells in the body so tiny that the microscope cannot show them at all. The entity that gives life and motion to the human body is finer still and lies infinitely beyond the reach of our finest scientific instruments. When this entity deserts the body, the body is like a ship without a rudder deserted, motionless, dead.
Thomas Alva Edison
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand without growing weary.
Thomas Alva Edison
I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Thomas Alva Edison
Five percent of the people think ten percent of the people think they think and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Thomas Alva Edison
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