John Locke Quotes
English - Philosopher August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
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 beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
John Locke

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
John Locke

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

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
John Locke

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
John Locke

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

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
John Locke

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
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The discipline of desire is the background of character.
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All wealth is the product of labor.
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What worries you, masters you.
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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.
John Locke

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
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Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Where there is no property there is no injustice.
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Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
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No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
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The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
American - Writer August 29, 1809 - October 8, 1894


Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Have the courage to act instead of react.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.