Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation...

Quote by Francis Bacon Sr

Topics: Humanity Quotes, Inventions Quotes, Silence Quotes

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things...

Knowledge itself is power

Knowledge itself is power

God Almighty first planted a garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden.

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Envy is ever joined with the comparing of a man's self; and where there is...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel,...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in...

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense...

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a...

The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a...

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom...

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their griefs and fears: they cannot...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons...

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest,...