Francis Bacon

Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

People of great position are servants times three, servants of their country, servants of fame, and servants of business.

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man’s own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

All colors will agree in the dark.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.

The Kingdom of God is Within You,

God is the same everywhere.

Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

The Bible does not need advertising by me, but I wish more people could be persuaded to read it. Perhaps if they had been, we should not have this war on our hands. For greed and idleness brought it on.

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold & dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

The Buddhist notion of diligence is to delight in positive deeds.

The Zen expression Kill the Buddha!” means to kill any concept of the Buddha as something apart from oneself.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.