Tomaso of Florence. known as Masaccio, showed by his perfect works how those who took their nourishment from anything but nature, mistress of masters, were laboring in vain. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

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People of accomplishments rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things. ― Leonardo da Vinci

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True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

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Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

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once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up

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Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

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The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

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Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. ― Rumi

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