Leonardo da Vinci — Learning never exhausts the mind.
Learning never exhausts the mind.Leonardo da Vinci
Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
Muscles tire; the mind, oddly, is fed by use. Da Vinci — endlessly curious to the end — noticed that learning does not drain us so much as enlarge us.
If study leaves you weary, it is often the pressure, not the learning. Lighten the pressure, follow the curiosity, and the mind will keep going far longer than you expect.
Words that widen the world
To tire out completely; to use up.
Synonyms: drain, tire, deplete
Curiosity, unlike effort, rarely exhausts you.
Eager to know or learn something.
Synonyms: inquisitive, interested, questioning
He stayed curious his whole life.
Common questions
It means genuine learning energizes rather than tires the mind — curiosity renews us instead of draining us.
It is attributed to Leonardo da Vinci; because the source is uncertain, we mark it as attributed.
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