“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”
God
“The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.”
TruthAll Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
“Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.”
Experience“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
Change“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”
Hope“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”
Time“Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.”
Experience“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
Men“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”
Knowledge“Life well spent is long.”
Life“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.”
Business“Water is the driving force of all nature.”
Nature“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”
Death“Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.”
Nature“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”
Men“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.”
Life“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”
Art“Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.”
Courage“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”
Art“Nature never breaks her own laws.”
Nature“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”
Knowledge