Leonardo da Vinci
Ultimate Renaissance polymath, artist-engineer-scientist
Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
The senses are of the earth, the reason is of the soul.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
The knowledge of all things is possible.
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.
The sun does not move.
The greatest good is the knowledge of the good.
The true order of things is that the mind should be the master and the body the servant.
The body is subject to the soul.
The eye sees in the light, the mind sees in the dark.
The more subtle the mind, the more it sees.
The mind is the source of all things.
The soul desires to dwell with the body, because without the organic members of the body it can neither act nor feel.
The greatest sorrow is to recall in misery the time when we were happy.
The works of nature are such that they cannot be imitated by art.
The natural desire of good men is knowledge.
The wise man will always desire to be with the good.
The true science is that which teaches us to know ourselves.
The human being is a machine.
The engineer is the one who designs and constructs.
Mechanism is the paradise of the mathematical sciences, because by means of it these sciences achieve their results.