Quotes of Francis Bacon

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Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

- Francis Bacon

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“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ Every second that passes is another grain of sand in your hourglass that is gone, forever lost in time. ”

- Nyki Mack

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ Love all, trust a few. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

“ Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch. ”

- Jack Thorne

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Bagiku ada sesuatu yang paling berharga dan hakiki dalam kehidupan: 'dapat mencintai, dapat iba hati, dapat merasai kedukaan'. Tanpa itu semua maka kita tidak lebih dari benda. Berbahagialah orang yang masih mempunyai rasa cinta, yang belum sampai kehilangan benda yang paling bernilai itu. Kalau kita telah kehilangan itu maka absurdlah hidup kita. ”

- Soe Hok Gie

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ All for one and one for all. ”

- Alexandre Dumas

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Every day is your entire life. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell. ”

- Joan Crawford