Skip to content

Alms Quote by John Locke

“The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, cruel people, who, nevertheless, are kind to beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds.” quote by John Locke — Download Open image

“The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, cruel people, who, nevertheless, are kind to beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings)

More by John Locke

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his…

Image

I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.

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…

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…

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…

Image

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Image

When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.

Image

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

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…

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,…

Image

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

Image

“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.”

Image

Explore all 355 John Locke quotes

More Alms quotes

If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing. Go in your…

Charles Spurgeon

Image

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

Image

Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ…

Francis Atterbury

Image

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your…

Image

Alms (is) for the purity of your soul, and flourishment and expansion of your sustenence.

Fatima bint Muhammad

Image

All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative…

Walter Benjamin

Image

The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode.

Henry David Thoreau

Image

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for…

Image

“Pesa itolewe kwa masharti au bila masharti chukua, kwani huyo aliyeitoa si yake. Benki, kwa mfano, ikitaka kukupa mkopo itakuwa na masharti yake; chukua,…

Image

The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a…

Image

Walking does good to the fat and giving alms does good to the sinners; these both make one feel lighter!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

Image

Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than…

Image

Browse all 124 Alms quotes