"Most men are of naught more use..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci
Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t.
More by Leonardo Da Vinci
“What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art”
“Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.”
“Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.”
More on Humanity
“It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual.”
“I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were felt by the whole human race, there would not be one cheerful face left on earth.”
“The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.”
More on Purpose
“Without man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.”
“Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible.”
“There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.”