The cause and root of nearly all evils in the sciences is this-that while we falsely admire and extol the powers of the human mind we neglect to seek for its true helps.
Francis BaconTherefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Francis BaconOne always starts work with the subject, no matter how tenuous it is, and one constructs an artificial structure by which one can trap the reality of the subject-matter that one has started from.
Francis Bacon