Francis Bacon

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit.

Next to religion, let your care be to promote justice.

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor.

By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

Dharma is what the Buddha taught. It is the way of understanding and love-how to understand, how to love, how to make understanding and love into real things.

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

Energy doesn’t lie so trust those vibes you’re getting.

All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one… characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.

If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

He is a modest little man who has a good deal to be modest about.

My favorite nightcap, after all this time, is still the cocktail of you.

A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

We need much less than we think we need.