Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning…

Quote by John Locke

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To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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...

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in...

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in...

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common...

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

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

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly,...

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly,...

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.

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I...

I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I...

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

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.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own...

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.