Leonardo Da Vinci

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

Truth was the only daughter of Time.

It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.

A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with as many other waves as there are uneven places in the object where the said wave is produced.

Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.

I love those who can smile in trouble.

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

The knowledge of all things is possible

He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done.