Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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

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

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

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

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

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...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

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

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 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...

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to...

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to...