Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Experience Quotes, Nature Quotes, Reason Quotes

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case...

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case...

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence he...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

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

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

He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a...

He who rules his spirit has won a greater victory than the taking of a...

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by...

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by...