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

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's...

People react to fear, not love- they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

People react to fear, not love- they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

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.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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...

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

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...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

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

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

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...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

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.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...