Men Quotes by John Locke

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

— John Locke

God, when he makes the prophet, does not unmake the man.

— John Locke

Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.

— John Locke

Men's happiness or misery is [for the] most part of their own making.

— John Locke

The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.

— John Locke

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

— John Locke

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

— John Locke

There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.

— John Locke

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our…

— John Locke

To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

— John Locke

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.

— John Locke

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and…

— John Locke

As much land as a man tills, plants, improves, cultivated, and can use the product of, so much is his property. He…

— John Locke

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

— John Locke

To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and…

— John Locke

If the Gospel and the Apostles may be credited, no man can be a Christian without charity, and without that faith which…

— John Locke

Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his…

— John Locke

I do not say this, that I think there should be no difference of opinions in conversation, nor opposition in men's discourses...…

— John Locke

Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our…

— John Locke

..every Man has a Property in his own Person. This no Body has any Right to but himself. The Labour of his…

— John Locke

If the innocent honest Man must quietly quit all he has for Peace sake, to him who will lay violent hands upon…

— John Locke

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author;…

— John Locke

Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on…

— John Locke

So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures,…

— John Locke

Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent: for the preservation of…

— John Locke

Now, I appeal to the consciences of those that persecute, torment, destroy, and kill other men upon pretence of religion, whether they…

— John Locke

Every Man being conscious to himself, That he thinks, and that which his Mind is employ'd about whilst thinking, being the Ideas,…

— John Locke

A father would do well, as his son grows up, and is capable of it, to talk familiarly with him; nay, ask…

— John Locke

Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they…

— John Locke

It is reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he…

— John Locke

When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and…

— John Locke

It is hard to know what other way men can come to truth, to lay hold of it, if they do not…

— John Locke

Children (nay, and men too) do most by example.

— John Locke

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

— John Locke

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

— John Locke

The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities…

— John Locke

Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so…

— John Locke

All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man's…

— John Locke

[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or…

— John Locke

Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity.

— John Locke