"It vexes me greatly that having to..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”

“Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.”

“If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.”

“be glαd of life, becαuse it gives you the chαnce to love αnd to work αnd to plαy αnd to look up αt the stαrs; to be sαtisfied with your posessions, to despise nothing in the world except fαlsehood αnd meαnness αnd to feαr nothing except cowαrdice; to be governed by your αdmirαtions rαther thαn by your disgusts, to covet nothing thαt is your neighbour's except his kindness of heαrt αnd gentleness of mαnners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends and to spend αs much time αs you cαn with body αnd with spirit.”

“Every nail driven should be as another rivet in the machine of the universe, you carrying on the work.”

“The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.”

“Two of the most frustrated trades are dentists and photographers - dentists because they want to be doctors, and photographers because they want to be painters.”

“It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment, or anti-trade sentiment, as a way to explain their frustrations.”

“Any systems approaching perfect self-control also approaches perfect self-frustration.”