Quotes By John Locke
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
John Locke
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
John Locke
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
John Locke
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
John Locke
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
John Locke
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.
John Locke
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.
John Locke