5 Francis Bacon Quotes on Belief

Francis Bacon quotes on belief

12. It is true that that may hold in these things, which is the general root of superstition; namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.

49. But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this - that men despair and think things impossible.

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

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

97. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion, as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.