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If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.

Leonardo da Vinci
Solitude, Ifs, Thoughtlessness
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1965). “Leonardo Da Vinci on Painting: A Lost Book (Libro A)”, p.129, Univ of California Press

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Law, Religion
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1153, Delphi Classics

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Leonardo da Vinci
Art, Mislead Us, Design

Painting is concerned with all the 10 attributes of sight; which are: Darkness, Light, Solidity and Colour, Form and Position, Distance and Propinquity, Motion and Rest.

Leonardo da Vinci
Distance, Light, Sight
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.345, Delphi Classics

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

Leonardo da Vinci
Evil, Doe, Done

Man's external form, marvellously constructed, is not much as compared with the divine soul that dwells inside that structure.

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Soul, Divine

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

Leonardo da Vinci
Life, Death, Eulogy
Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.260, OUP Oxford

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.

Leonardo da Vinci
Patience, Clothes, Vex
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1957). “Notebooks”

Being willing is not enough. We must do.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.

Leonardo da Vinci
Vegetarian Diet, Vegetarianism, Body

He who thinks little errs much.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Life, Passion
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.987, Delphi Classics

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Self, Expression

Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet.

Leonardo da Vinci
Eye, Light, Looks

I love those who can smile in trouble.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Strength, Smile

Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.

Leonardo da Vinci
Obstacles, Rigor, Destroyed

Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

Leonardo da Vinci
Perseverance, Persistence, Yield
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.

Leonardo da Vinci
Two, Weakness, Arches

Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory.

Leonardo da Vinci
Memories, Self Improvement, Use

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.

Leonardo da Vinci
Loneliness, Fall, Being Alone
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1957). “Notebooks”

O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

Leonardo da Vinci
Determination, Work, Effort

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Life, Sad
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.329, GENERAL PRESS

That which has no limitations, has no form.

Leonardo da Vinci
Intelligent, Form, Limitation
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.41, GENERAL PRESS

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Life, Crush
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory.

Leonardo da Vinci
Practice, Sound, Should
Dell' Anatomia Vol. II, Ch. 29

Everything proceeds from everything else and everything becomes everything, and everything can be turned into everything else.

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.553, GENERAL PRESS

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