"The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea."
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor and electrical engineer known for his work on alternating current power systems. His inventions and patents helped shape modern electrical transmission and industrial power use.