Quotes by John Locke

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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. — John Locke
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other v — John Locke
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read ours. — John Locke
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as — John Locke
Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered. — John Locke
What worries you, masters you. — John Locke
When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God t — John Locke
...the end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom: for in all the states of created b — John Locke
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. — John Locke
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. — John Locke
New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed without any other reason but because they are not already common — John Locke
All men are liable to error and most men are ... by passion or interest under temptation to it. — John Locke
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. — John Locke
God when he makes the prophet does not unmake the man. — John Locke
It is a man's proper business to seek happiness and avoid misery. — John Locke
To give a man full knowledge of true morality I would send him to no other book than the New Testament. — John Locke
New opinions are always suspected and usually opposed without any other reason but because they are not already common — John Locke
Fear is an uneasiness of the mind upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us. — John Locke
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. — John Locke
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. — John Locke