John Locke

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

"As a man is so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers."

"The differences of men in their natural talents are small in comparison with the vast difference that is wrought by education."

"It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there are extraordinary seeds, which produce rarely."

"The preservation and enlargement of the liberties is the great and ultimate end of men uniting into commonwealths."

"Patience is the art of hoping."

"Men are not to be measured by the meagre employment they happen to fill."

"No one can give you better advice than yourself."

"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small they gall and pinch us; but if too large they cause us to stumble and to trip."

"Words like needles that point in every direction."

"External objects impress us and affect our judgment; by long dwelling on them we gain both courage and confidence."

"Things are not hard to find when you apply yourself with zeal to the search."

"Every man is entitled to liberty by the law of nature."

"The mind is, as it were, a blank canvas, and the senses paint upon it."

"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."

"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it."

"All who are happy must share their happiness; it is not truly their own unless they do."

"The training of children is a profession, one requiring study."

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

"Government exists for the protection of the rights of people."

"Power is in the hands of those who decide."

"Nature never wears one shape, and yet is always the same."

"The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of the home."

"Where there is not property, there is no justice."

"To understand the properties of light is to understand much of the universe."

"Knowledge increases as it is shared."

"The freedom then of man and liberty of acting according to his own will, is grounded on his having reason."

"Habits are the daughters of action."

"Death is but a transition to another state of existence."

"I have found that the greatest fruitfulness for all intellectual influence comes when there is a warm personal relationship between teacher and student."