The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
LEONARDO DA VINCIOne has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
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Realize that everything connects to everything else.
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The five senses are the ministers of the soul.
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Time stays long enough for those who use it.
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Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.
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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
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Fix your course on a star and you’ll navigate any storm.
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A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
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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
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Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
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