Lessons By Great Thinkers

1) Leonardo da Vinci

Started regular study of diverse subjects from an early age, among which music, painting and sculpture were predominant. Attractive nature and proficiency in intellectual subjects were qualities.

• A well-spent day brings a pleasant sleep.
• There are three types of people in the world: those who see themselves, those who see when they show, those who do not see.
• The greatest joy is the joy of understanding.
• Learning never spits the mind.
• Well spent life is long.
• The one who sows virtue reaps respect.
• Success-seekers do not sit and wait for things, they get up and do things.

2) Michelangelo

 Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance era. He has played an important role in the development of Western art.

• ü  Nothing is more painful than wasted time.
• ü  It is important to be patient for a long time for great work.
• ü  Not achieving them by setting big goals is bad, but worse is being satisfied by achieving small goals.
• ü  Human beings fill color with the brain, not with their hands.
• ü  A beautiful statue is hidden in every piece of stone. It is the work of the sculptor to discover it.
• ü  We do not have complete control over anything except our thinking.
• ü  Small things together make great, but greatness can never be small.
• ü  Trusting yourself is the best and safest route.
• ü  Try to read the mind instead of words because the pen cannot express the feelings of the heart.

3) Marie Curie

She was a woman of Russian origin who, along with her husband, invented radium and polonium in 1898.

• v Instead of wasting time, do something all the time.
• v If you know that you are right, then do the work you are doing.
• v People who have done something important in their lives believe in their work and not in people.
• v Try to be like those who think that there is nothing more beautiful than learning.
• v Show less eagerness to know people in life and more in learning new ideas.
• v One thing should always be remembered that the path to move forward is neither easy, nor short nor quickly ends.
• v No person pays attention to the things that have happened. People pay attention to the things that are yet to be done.

4) Martin Luther King Jr

An American pastor, agitator, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights struggle. He is also called Gandhi of America.

• ·       Our life begins to end on the day we become silent about the issues that matter to the general society.
• ·       Darkness cannot be overcome by darkness, but by light. Hatred can be eradicated not by hate, but by love.
• ·       I have decided to adopt love, hatred is a very painful task.
• ·       To do the right thing, time is also right every moment.
• ·       We must accept limited despair, but never forget unlimited hope.

5) Winston Churchill 

The Prime Minister of England was at the time of World War II. He was a famous diplomat and a powerful orator. There were also historians, writers and artists. Nobel Prize awarded.

• §  The radical is the one who cannot change his mind and the subject does not change.
• §  A joke is a very serious thing.
• §  A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; An optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
• §  All great things are simple and many can be expressed in one word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
• §  Attitude is a small thing that makes a big difference.

6) Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche is counted among the great philosophers of the West. His book 'Varanath of Zarathustra' is counted among the world's best compositions.

• ü  This lesson was learned from his life
• ü  It is not the lack of love, but the lack of friendship that makes marriages painful.
• ü  I am not sad that you lied to me, I am sad because I can no longer believe you.
• ü  Sometimes people do not want to hear the truth because they do not want to let their illusion break.
• ü  There are no facts, only interpretations.

7) Aristotle

Was a famous philosopher, mathematician, and disciple of Socrates and a master of Aristotle in Greece. Plato's name in Greek history is very uniquely taken.

• Ø  A good decision is based on knowledge, not numbers.
• Ø  All become poets with the touch of love.
• Ø  A little bit of what is done well is better than doing a lot of imperfection.
• Ø  Courage is to know what not to fear.
• Ø  One who is not a good servant cannot also become a good master.
• Ø  Honesty is less profitable than dishonesty.
• Ø  There is nothing in the life of a human being to be worried too much.

8) William Shakespeare

 Was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He is known worldwide as a great English writer and a great playwright.

• Ø  The foolish person considers himself intelligent, but the wise man always considers himself a fool.
• Ø  If good becomes more then evil becomes.
• Ø  Some people are born great, some achieve greatness and some people are imposed greatness.
• Ø  It is better to arrive three hours before you are one minute late.
• Ø  Expectation is the root of all heartache.
• Ø  Listen to all the people but say few people.

9) Jean Piaget

Was a philosopher and psychologist from Switzerland. Piaget had a unique talent for observing children.

• ü  If we can present the old idea in a new way, it means that our mind is active.
• ü  Children have true knowledge about the things that they themselves learn. Whenever we try to teach them something ahead of time, they do not give them a chance to learn themselves.
• ü  Knowledge is only a stop in history. It varies continuously. Sometimes the speed of change is more than history.
• ü  There is a adult inside every child and a child is hidden inside every adult.

1    10)  René Descartes

   Ranch was a philosopher, mathematician and scientist. He spent nearly 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic. Before this the Dutch States were also in the Army.

• Ø  We do not mention what we see, we only see what we can mention.
• Ø  The only thing in the entire universe that we have control over is our own thoughts.
• Ø  It is not enough just to have a good mind, it is also necessary to use it.
• Ø  Conquer yourself, not the world.
• Ø  If you want to know the truth, then as far as possible, doubt everything once in life.
• Ø  Doubt only leads to understanding.
• Ø  One thing I know is that I don't know anything.