Leibniz, Gottfried

Philosopher-Mathematician German 1646 – 1716

Developed monadology and principle of sufficient reason.

382 quotes

"Leadership is service to a higher purpose."
Leadership
"Work ennobles those who approach it with integrity."
Work
"Dreams are the rehearsals of life's great performances."
Dreams
"Gratitude transforms complaint into celebration."
Gratitude
"Patience is the garment of the wise."
Patience
"Kindness is contagious and multiplies through action."
Kindness
"Strength comes from understanding our limitations."
Strength
"Fear is often the shadow of things that will never come."
Fear
"Creativity blooms in the garden of curiosity."
Creativity
"Imagination is the laboratory of the soul."
Imagination
"Technology is a mirror reflecting our values."
Technology
"History is philosophy teaching by example."
History
"Politics should elevate humanity toward justice."
Politics
"War is the failure of wisdom and compassion."
War
"Health is wholeness of body, mind, and spirit."
Health
"Money should flow as naturally as water to its proper uses."
Money
"Freedom without responsibility becomes tyranny."
Freedom
"The more things are perfect, the more they are in nature, and the fewer monstrosities there are among them."
Nature
"There is nothing in the intellect that was not first in the senses, except the intellect itself."
Knowledge
"Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting."
Music
"Nature never makes jumps."
Nature
"The greatest perfection of man is to act according to reason."
Wisdom
"I am never without something to work on, for my thoughts are always occupied with some problem or other."
Work
"If we had a complete science of physics, we would discover that everything is matter in motion."
Science
"The soul is the form of forms and the act of acts."
Philosophy
"We live in the best of all possible worlds."
Hope
"Pleasure is the feeling that accompanies a perception of perfection."
Happiness
"The present is pregnant with the future."
Time
"All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds."
Faith
"There is no vacuum in nature."
Nature