More Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.
Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t.
Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
