More quotes by Francis Bacon

"The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil."
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."
"For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics."
"Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it."
"God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation."