Gods first creature, which was light. – Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?. – Francis Bacon
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon
There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be. – George Sheehan