locke Quotes

“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.”

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

“My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.”

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

“Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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