Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

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"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness."

- Leonardo da Vinci

Awareness

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

- Leonardo da Vinci

Awareness

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."

- Leonardo da Vinci

Self-awareness

"If you are alone, you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion, you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct, and if you have more than one companion, you will fall more deeply into the same plight."

- Leonardo da Vinci

Self-awareness

"Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master."

- Leonardo da Vinci

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

Learning