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

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Self Mastery Quotes

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

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

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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...

Life well spent is long.

Life well spent is long.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

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...

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...

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

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...

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

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.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

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

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...

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...

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...

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...