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

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part...

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

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

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

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...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

He that defers his charity until he is dead is, if a man weighs it...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad...

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires

The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a...

The best preservative to keep the mind on health is the faithful admonition of a...

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

Fortune his like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

This delivering of knowledge in distinct and disjointed aphorisms doth leave the wit of man...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke...

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

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

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

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you,...

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you,...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes...

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes...