Locke, John

"Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours."

"All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it."

"Freedom then is the power man has to act or not to act, and to choose which of two contraries he has a will to."

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom."

"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience."

"Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct."

"Tolerance and patience should characterize the conduct of a man in all his dealings."

"Where there is no property there is no injustice."

"The mind is furnished by degrees."

"All the great achievements of man have been based on the commutation of labor."

"To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society."

"God is more honored by a man who has a thousand virtues and one failing than by a man who has only one virtue."

"The great instrument of moral good is the imagination."

"The majority of men are more daunted by hardship than endowed with courage."

"In the discharge of duty the greatest wisdom lies."

"Fear is pain arising from the thought of some evil in the future."

"Truth is like a lion; it does not need to be defended, it only needs to be let loose."

"The greatest pleasure to me is discovery."

"Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge."

"A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world."

"He that uses his will is the most happy."

"The business of education is not to make the young perfect in any of the sciences."

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him."

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

"God having made man such a creature that, in his own judgment, it was not good for him to be alone, put him under strong obligations of necessity, convenience, and inclination to unite with her."

"The chief end of my discourse is to establish peace and security of mankind."

"Kindness is producing good by degrees."

"He that would live well to two ages must begin betimes."

"Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no necessity it should be eternal."

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."