Francis Bacon

They that deny a God destroy man’s nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.

The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

This gives force to the strong — that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

If you want the time to pass quickly, just give your note for 90 days.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

To inherit property is not to be born – it is to be still-born, rather.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe… the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.

Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.

In this magical hour, as the black ink sky fades to forget-me-not grey and the Cyprus trees emerge from the shadows, I tune in to my heart. In clarity, I choose to step into freedom to bring lightness of being and to be love.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.