Leonardo da Vinci on desire
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
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Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Time stays long enough for those who use it.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
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Desire makes everything blossom.
Marcel ProustMarcel Proust When I say I want to become a legend, some people say it’s pretentious. For me, it’s a challenge. My desire, a dream. I’m not saying I’ll get there, but it’s what I want.
Paul PogbaPaul Pogba A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be happening.
Ken BlanchardKen Blanchard I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.
James JoyceJames Joyce All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.
MenciusMencius Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal.
Brian TracyBrian Tracy The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti The very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
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