JOHN LOCKE MOST FAMOUS QUOTE

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

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

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

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.”

“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”

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

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

“It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”

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

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

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

“Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.”

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”

“What worries you, masters you.”

“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” GOOD DAY FRIEND QUOTES

“It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.”

“The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.”

“Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”

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

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

“The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.”

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

“Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.”

“All men have a right to secure themselves against the ignorance, negligence, or debauchery of others.”

“The truth certainly would do well enough if she were once left to shift for herself.”

“To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.”

“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.”

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