Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
JOHN LOCKEFirmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
More John Locke Quotes
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Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.
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The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
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Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
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Don’t tell me what I can’t do!
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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
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All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man’s self whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
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I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.
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Revolt is the right of the people
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It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Struggle is nature’s way of strengthening it
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