In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: The Present Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

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 love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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

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

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

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...

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

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.

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their...

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.