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The Seven Da Vincian Principles are: Curiosità—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, paradox, and uncertainty. Arte/Scienza—The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination. “Whole-brain” thinking. Corporalità—The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise. Connessione—A recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena. Systems thinking.”

“Brain researchers estimate that your unconscious data base outweighs the conscious on an order exceeding ten million to one. This data base is the source of you hidden, natural genius. In other words, a part of you is much smarter than you are.”

“Intuition is the art of listening, with an inner ear, to the rhythms and melodies of your own “body music.” T”

“Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.”

“You can change your life by changing the way you think about yourself and your potential.”

“Innovation is the creation and delivery of new customer value in the marketplace.”

“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.”

“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN”

“Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — LEONARDO DA VINCI”

“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.”

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“Benjamin Franklin cautioned, “When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”

“The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old. — WILLIAM JAMES”―

“We have more possibilities, more freedom, more options than any people who have ever lived. Yet there is more junk, more mediocrity, more garbage to sort through than ever too.”

“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”

“As playwright Wilson Mizner observed, “A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.”

“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. — HELEN KELLER”

“That painter who has no doubts will achieve little.” – LEONARDO DA VINCI”

“Life is an adventure in forgiveness. — NORMAN COUSINS”

“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 doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. — THOMAS EDISON”

“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”

“He observed poetically that a mother goldfinch, seeing her children caged, feeds them a bit of a poisonous plant,noting, "Better death than to be without freedom.”

“Education is the best provision for old age. — ARISTOTLE”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. — EPICTETUS, Greek philosopher”

“Walking is the best possible exercise. — THOMAS JEFFERSON”

“The Brain Sync: Improve Your Mind as You Age”

“releases you from the punishment of a self-made prison in which you’re both the inmate and the jailer.”

“life is a continuous exercise is creative problem solving”