I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Power to do good is the true and lawful act of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men… — John Locke Copy Share Image
It is hard to know what other way men can come to truth, to lay hold of it, if they do not… — John Locke Copy Share Image
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. — John Locke Copy Share Image
The difference, so observable in men's understandings and parts, does not arise so much from their natural faculties, as acquired habits. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“For it will be very difficult to persuade men of sense that he who with dry eyes and satisfaction of mind can… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author;… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Had you or I been born at the Bay of Soldania, possibly our Thoughts, and Notions, had not exceeded those brutish ones… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself...She is not taught by laws, nor has… — John Locke Copy Share Image
A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour;… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration. — John Locke Copy Share Image
[I]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. — John Locke Copy Share Image
As much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivated, and can use the product of, so much is his property. He… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Let us suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it… — John Locke Copy Share Image
..every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The tendency to cruelty should be watched in children and if they incline to any such cruelty, they should be taught the… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Now, I appeal to the consciences of those that persecute, torment, destroy, and kill other men upon pretence of religion, whether they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Merit and good works is the end of man's motion; and conscience of the same is the accomplishment of man's rest; for… — John Locke Copy Share Image
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. — 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