Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works.

The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.

Whatever you do in life, if you want to be creative and intelligent, and develop your brain, you must do everything with the awareness that everything, in some way, connects to everything else.

Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.

A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance.