FAMOUS QUOTES FROM JOHN LOCKE

“All mankind… being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”

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

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

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

“Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.”

“The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”

“The necessity of pursuing happiness [is] the foundation of liberty.”

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

“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

“The end of government is the good of mankind.”

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

“The discipline of desire is the background of character.”

“Government has no other end but the preservation of property.”

“Where there is no property, there is no injustice.”

“It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.”

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

“He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.”

“The visible marks of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of the creation that a rational creature, who will but seriously reflect on them, cannot miss the discovery of a Deity.”

“Every man has a right to punish the offender, and be executioner of the law of nature.”

“The power of the legislative being derived from the people by a positive voluntary grant and institution can be no other than what that positive grant conveyed, which being only to make laws and not to make legislators, the legislative can have no power to transfer their authority of making laws and place it in other hands.”

“The only way to peace is through respect for the natural rights of individuals.”

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