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~ Just a few of my fav Leonardo da Vinci quotes.  

***Leonardo da Vinci Quotes***

"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

"Obstacles cannot crush me.  Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.  He who is fixed
to a star does not change his mind." 

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"Nature never breaks her own laws."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"Wisdom is the daughter of experience." 

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is
felt rather than seen."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress,
and grow brave by reflection."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

 
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

~Leonardo da Vinci 

                                      Give up defining yourself - to
                                                yourself or to others.
                                                      You won't die.
                                                You will come to life.
                                         And don't be concerned with
                                         how others define you. When
                                                   they define you,
                                        they are limiting themselves, so
                                          it's their problem. Whenever
                                             you interact with people,
                                           don't be there primarily as a
                                                   function or a role,
                                           but as the field of conscious
                                                          Presence.
                                        You can only lose something
                                                    that you have,
                                        but you cannot lose something
                                                       that you are.

- Jim Morrison 

***JIM MORRISON QUOTES***

"People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all.  People talk about how great love is, but that's bullshit. Love hurts.  Feelings are disturbing.  People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous.  How can they deal with love if they're afraid to feel?  Pain is meant to wake us up.  People try to hide their pain.  But they're wrong.  Pain is something to carry, like a radio.  You feel your strength in the experience of pain.  It's all in how you carry it.  That's what matters.  Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you.  Your own reality.  If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality.  You should stand up for your right to feel your pain." 
― Jim Morrison

"I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star.  Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!"  Then- whoosh, and I'm gone... and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me- ever." 
― Jim Morrison

"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.  You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act.  You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.  There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level.  It's got to happen inside first." 
― Jim Morrison

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes.  You are free." 
― Jim Morrison

"Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities.  Opens all doors.  You can walk through anyone that suits you." 
― Jim Morrison

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel, or not feel.  Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them.  That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is." 
― Jim Morrison

"Where's your will to be weird?" 
― Jim Morrison

"By ending greed, hatred, and ignorance, we realize final liberation, Nirvana".
 
"We can never obtain PEACE in the outer world until we make PEACE with ourselves".
 
"Let go of anger.  Let go of pride.  When you are bound by nothing you go beyond sorrow".
 
"The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions".
 
"To understand everything is to forgive everything". 
 
"Suffering has many faces.  If we discover the roots of one suffering, we are at the same time discovering the roots of others".
  
"Zen is to have the heart and soul of a little child".