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Quote by Francis Bacon
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. - Francis Bacon

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. – Francis Bacon

Other quotes by Francis Bacon

For my name and memory I leave to mens charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Heresy
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Francis Bacon
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Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into mens heads by the tales and whisperings of others, have stings. – Francis Bacon

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Doubt
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Francis Bacon
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. – Francis Bacon

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Philosophical
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Other Quotes from
Environment
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Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere. – Richard Bach

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Environment

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the world there comes a hungry stomach. Rather it is that, attached to those hands are sharp elbows. – Paul A. Samuelson, Newsweek, 12 June 1967

Category:
Environment

Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible – or even sinful – that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! – Paul MacCready,Jr.

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Environment

We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our people and our ecological systems. – Janet Holmes à Court

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Environment

Random Quotes

The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. – Russell Baker

Category:
Goals

Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally hes at in Iran. – Rosalind Wiseman

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Technology

It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. – Marya Mannes

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communication

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. – Natalie Goldberg, Wild Mind

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Stress