John Locke Quotes & Sayings

“All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.”

“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”

“The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.”

“As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.”

“No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.”

“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”

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

“Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.”

“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.”