“The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: knowledge
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The Bible is one of the greatest
“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.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: truth
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To love our neighbor as ourselves is
“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: society
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Government has no other end, but the
“Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: government
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As people are walking all the time,
“As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: time
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All men are liable to error; and
“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: men
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Where all is but dream, reasoning and
“Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: knowledge
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The reason why men enter into society
“The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: society
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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: knowledge
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The Bible is one of the greatest
“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.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: god
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The end of law is not to
“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.”
— John Locke
Author: John Locke
Category: freedom
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