Mind Quotes by Francis Bacon

Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.

— Francis Bacon

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

— Francis Bacon

Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind.

— Francis Bacon

There arises from a bad and unapt formation of words a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

— Francis Bacon

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest

— Francis Bacon

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

— Francis Bacon

[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind.

— Francis Bacon

He that cometh to seek after knowledge, with a mind to scorn, shall be sure to find matter for his humour, but…

— Francis Bacon

Suspicions that the mind, of itself, gathers, are but buzzes; but suspicions that are artificially nourished and put into men's heads by…

— Francis Bacon

The images of mens wits and knowledge remain in books. They generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others,…

— Francis Bacon

First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of…

— Francis Bacon

I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is…

— Francis Bacon

The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of…

— Francis Bacon

It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth…

— Francis Bacon

Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man…

— Francis Bacon

Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some…

— Francis Bacon

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an…

— Francis Bacon

Neither the naked hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much. It is by instruments and helps that the work…

— Francis Bacon

Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they…

— Francis Bacon

It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.…

— Francis Bacon

Generally, youth is like the first cogitations, not so wise as the second. For there is a youth in thoughts, as well…

— Francis Bacon

My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man…

— Francis Bacon

Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they…

— Francis Bacon

Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the…

— Francis Bacon

The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is…

— Francis Bacon

No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories…

— Francis Bacon

Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death.…

— Francis Bacon

But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for…

— Francis Bacon

The great advantages of simulation and dissimulation are three. First to lay asleep opposition and to surprise. For where a man's intentions…

— Francis Bacon

Since my logic aims to teach and instruct the understanding, not that it may with the slender tendrils of the mind snatch…

— Francis Bacon

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

— Francis Bacon

Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind

— Francis Bacon

Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles…

— Francis Bacon

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . .…

— Francis Bacon

Because the acts or events of true history have not that magnitude which satisfieth the mind of man, poesy feigneth acts and…

— Francis Bacon

Let every student of nature take this as his rule, that whatever the mind seizes upon with particular satisfaction is to be…

— Francis Bacon

Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be…

— Francis Bacon

The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those…

— Francis Bacon

A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own…

— Francis Bacon

The human understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and suddenly, and so fill the…

— Francis Bacon