The Seven Da Vincian Principles are: Curiosita--An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning. Dimostrazione--A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes. Sensazione--The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience. Sfumato (literally "Going up in Smoke")--A willingness to embrace ambiguity, par..
In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives a message of beauty, hope, cheer, and courage -- so long are you young. When the wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and only then, are you grown old. -- GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
The great physician, humanitarian and Nobel laureate Albert Schweitzer explained, "The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live."
True humility emerges from a sense of wonder and awe. It's an appreciation that our time on earth is limited but that there's something timeless at the core of every being. Embracing humility liberates us from the egotism that drives both perfectionism and self-sabotage, opening us to a deeper experience of self-worth.
Da Vinci gave birth to a tradition that resulted in the modern discipline of "brainstorming." Prior to Da Vinci the concept of "creative thinking" as an intellectual discipline didn't exist."
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful that God has implanted in the human soul. -- JOHANN WOLFGANG
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing. -- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
If you are mindful that old age has wisdom for its food you will so exert yourself in youth that your old age will not lack sustenance. -- LEONARDO DA VINCI