Edward Wotton

Diplomat Scholar Naturalist English 1492 – 1555

Renaissance polymath and diplomat, advanced natural history and classical learning.

383 quotes

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks."
Nature
"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
Art
"The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Science
"If music be the food of love, play on."
Music
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
Faith
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."
Leadership
"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment."
Work
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
Dreams
"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
Humor
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it."
Beauty
"It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live."
Death
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
Perseverance
"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."
Kindness
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others."
Gratitude
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
Creativity
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Justice
"All things come to those who wait."
Patience
"Strength lies in differences, not in similarities."
Strength
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
Fear
"The only real power is the power to be yourself."
Power
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
Money
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."
Health
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
Adventure
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
Imagination
"Technology should improve your life, not run it."
Technology
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
History
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
Philosophy
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Literature
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
Politics
"All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
War