Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.
Interpretation
Da Vinci emphasizes the importance of integrating art and science to fully develop one’s mind.
This quote highlights Leonardo Da Vinci's belief in the interconnectedness of different disciplines, suggesting that a well-rounded education requires an appreciation of both the scientific and artistic realms. By developing our senses and honing our ability to perceive the world, we can cultivate a more complete understanding of our surroundings and the relationships between various aspects of knowledge and existence.
In practice
In a presentation on education reform, one might quote Da Vinci to advocate for a curriculum that balances the arts and sciences.
Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Small rooms or dwellings set the mind in the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.
Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offenses, and they cannot hurt your feelings.
The smallest feline is a masterpiece.
For, verily, great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you little know it, you will be able to love it only little or not at all.
It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.
She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them.
Is a diamond less valuable because it is covered with mud? God sees the changeless beauty of our souls. He knows we are not our mistakes.
A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must ignore her outrage, that she must be kind and accepting to the point of not defending herself or other people, that she must not rock the boat for any reason, you are NOT strengthening her posocial sense, you are damaging it-and the first person she will stop protecting is herself.
The man of genius knows what he is aiming at; nobody else knows. And he alone knows when something comes between him and his object. In the course of generations, however, men will excuse you for not doing as they do, if you will bring enough to pass in your own way.
By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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