“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so… — 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,… — 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
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
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
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake… — John Locke Copy Share Image
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Truth then seems to me, in the proper import of the word, to signify nothing but the joining or separating of Signs,… — 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… — John Locke Copy Share Image
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. — 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
Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much… — John Locke Copy Share Image
For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in… — John Locke Copy Share Image
He that would seriously set upon the search of truth, ought in the first place to prepare his mind with a love… — John Locke Copy Share Image
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Revelation in matters where reason cannot judge, or but probably, ought to be hearkened to. First, Whatever proposition is revealed, of whose… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. — 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
