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John Locke Quotes

«Where there is no desire, there will be no industry»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | Keywords: industry
«Reading furnishes the mind only with material for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | Keywords: furnishes
«The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Society | Keywords: enter, preservation, property
«The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | Keywords: fence, thorough
«All wealth is the product of labor.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Labor, Wealth
«For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under the law»
«But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression»
«Logic is the anatomy of thought»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Logic | Keywords: anatomies, anatomy
«I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.»
Author: John Locke (Philosopher) | About: Action | Keywords: interpreters
«I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.»

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