Author: John Locke

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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

- John Locke

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.

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

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

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

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

- John Locke

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

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

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