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Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Life

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.6, OUP Oxford

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

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

He who thinks little errs much.

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

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.329, 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, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Arundel MSS British Museum (transl. Edward MacCurdy in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Vol. 1, Ch. 1)

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

"The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" translated by Jean Paul Richter, 1888.

Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.251, GENERAL PRESS

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

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

Our life is made by the death of others.

Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.693, Delphi Classics

Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.264, OUP Oxford

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

Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.1155, Library of Alexandria