Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
JOHN LOCKEThere are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
More John Locke Quotes
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If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.
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The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
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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.
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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.
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I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
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Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on their behavior, the measures of good and evil that govern his choice are mightily changed.
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To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.
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I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
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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.
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Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Revolt is the right of the people
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Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.
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Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
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