Quote by Locke, John
"The preservation of self is the first law of nature."
More from 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."