Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Set the mind to work, and apply the thoughts vigorously to the business, for it holds in the struggles of the mind,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Men in great place are thrice servants; servants of the sovereign state, servants of fame, and servants of business; so as they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business, they have no time to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any one of the sciences, but so to open and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out… — John Locke Copy Share Image
When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Earthly minds, like mud-walls, resist the strongest batteries: And though perhaps sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.” — John Locke Copy Share Image