If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from sensation or reflection, it will lead us farther than at first, perhaps, we should have imagined.
JOHN LOCKEIt 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.
More John Locke Quotes
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I do not say this, that I think there should be no difference of opinions in conversation, nor opposition in men’s discourses… ‘Tis not the owning one’s dissent from another, that I speak against, but the manner of doing it.
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The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
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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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Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.
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The senses at first let in particular Ideas, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet: And the Mind by degrees growing familiar with some of them, they are lodged in the Memory, and Names got to them.
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Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.
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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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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.
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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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There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men’s blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
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