The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
Francis BaconWhen Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.
Francis BaconThe human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we cannot conceive of any end or limit to the world, but always as of necessity it occurs to us that there is something beyond... But he is no less an unskilled and shallow philosopher who seeks causes of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so
Francis Bacon