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…

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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...

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

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

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap...

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...

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

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

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

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.

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

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.

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at...

I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at...

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.