John Locke Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.”

“I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.”

“It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”

“Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.”

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

“There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.”

“It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.”

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

“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”