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

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Learning Quotes, Living Quotes

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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...

Life well spent is long.

Life well spent is long.

Life presents us with a new opportunity every day. Learn from both your mistakes and...

Life presents us with a new opportunity every day. Learn from both your mistakes and...

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?