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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and m

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. – Francis Bacon

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. – Francis Bacon

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Change
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Francis Bacon
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People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. – Francis Bacon

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Learning
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The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift. – Ellen DeGeneres

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Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy! – Robert Mugabe

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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear. – Sophocles

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Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? – Maurice Freehill

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The silkworm spins out his life, and, wrapping himself in his labor, dies. – Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866), “Religion in Disease,” 1865

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If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet. – Charles Mengel Allen

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One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future, so that those relationships can persist over time. – Kevin Kelly

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Ive always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness. – Norman Spinrad

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