That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity"… — 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… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Curiosity in children ... is but an appetite after knowledge and therefore ought to be encouraged in them, not only as a… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“For though the law of nature be plain and intelligible to all rational creatures; yet men, being biased by their interest, as… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Whensoever we would proceed beyond [the] simple ideas we have from sensation and reflection, and dive farther into the nature of things,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“A liberty to follow my own will in all things where that rule prescribes not, not to be subject to the inconstant,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to… — 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
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
“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Wherever, therefore, any number of men so unite into one society, as to quit everyone his executive power of the law of… — 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
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
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity. — John Locke Copy Share Image
MEN being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“The better to understand the nature, manner, and extent of our knowledge, one thing is carefully to be observed concerning the ideas… — John Locke Copy Share Image
There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them, is properly the state… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The works of nature and the works of revelation display religion to mankind in characters so large and visible that those who… — John Locke Copy Share Image
The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Defects and weakness in men's understandings, as well as other faculties, come from want of a right use of their own minds;… — John Locke Copy Share Image
To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
From whence it is obvious to conclude that, since our Faculties are not fitted to penetrate into the internal Fabrick and real… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Nature never makes excellent things, for mean or no uses: and it is hardly to be conceived, that our infinitely wise Creator,… — 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
![“Whensoever we would proceed beyond [the] simple ideas we have from sensation and reflection, and dive farther into the nature of things, we fall presently into darkness and obscurity, perplexedness and difficulties;and can discover nothing farther but our own blindnessand ignorance.” quote by John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8bc/john-locke-814_darkness_whensoever-we-would-proceed-beyond-the-s_199491.jpg)
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