Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road. John Locke More Quotes by John Locke More Quotes From John Locke In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity. John Locke law reason common In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts. John Locke imitation thee example The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it. John Locke states law reason Certainly great persons had need to borrow other men's opinions to think themselves happy; for if they judge by their own feeling, they cannot find it: but if they think with themselves what other men think of them, and that other men would fain be as they are, then they are happy as it were by report, when, perhaps, they find the contrary within. John Locke judging men thinking Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take care about the meaning of their own words, and will not suffer the insignificancy of their expressions to be inquired into. John Locke fashion expression suffering You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters. John Locke spurs brother teaching God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies. John Locke space body spirit He would be laughed at, that should go about to make a fine dancer out of a country hedger, at past fifty. And he will not have much better success, who shall endeavour, at that age, to make a man reason well, or speak handsomely, who has never been used to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory. John Locke men country past The picture of a shadow is a positive thing. John Locke positive-things shadow As children's inquiries are not to be slighted, so also great care is to be taken, that they never receive deceitful and illuding answers. They easily perceive when they are slighted or deceived, and quickly learn the trick of neglect, dissimulation, and falsehood, which they observe others to make use of. We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children; since, if we play false with them, we not only deceive their expectation, and hinder their knowledge, but corrupt their innocence, and teach them the worst of vices. John Locke taken teaching children Nature never makes excellent things, for mean or no uses: and it is hardly to be conceived, that our infinitely wise Creator, should make so admirable a Faculty, as the power of Thinking, that Faculty which comes nearest the Excellency of his own incomprehensible Being, to be so idlely and uselesly employ'd, at least 1/4 part of its time here, as to think constantly, without remembering any of those Thoughts, without doing any good to it self or others, or being anyway useful to any other part of Creation. John Locke nature wise mean If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him. John Locke waking dream men Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison'd the fountain. John Locke parent water children Probability is a kind of penance, which God made, suitable, I presume to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here; wherein, to check our over-confidence and presumption, we might, by every day's experience, be made sensible of our short-sightedness, and liableness to error. John Locke mediocrity errors kindness Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge John Locke anger revenge mind Set the mind to work, and apply the thoughts vigorously to the business, for it holds in the struggles of the mind, as in those of war, that to think we shall conquer is to conquer. John Locke business struggle war Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them. John Locke wall mind enemy It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived. John Locke men lying art There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark. John Locke light player dark This is my destiny — I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do! John Locke my-destiny destiny i-can
