To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.

Quote by John Locke

Topics: John Locke Quotes

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or...

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

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

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

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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

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

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

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

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

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material...

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...