It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Francis Bacon

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of authority.

Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of authority.

All colours will agree in the dark.

All colours will agree in the dark.

A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.

A little science estranges a man from God; a lot of science brings him back.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.

No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

There is no reality except the one contained within us.

There is no reality except the one contained within us.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.

Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.

Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.

All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.