Quotes by John Locke
Explore 29 approved quotes attributed to John Locke.
“There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.”
— John LockeHeaven quotes“With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.”
— John LockeBook quotes“Where there is no law there is no freedom.”
— John LockeFreedom quotes“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
— John LockeMotivational quotes“Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.”
— John LockeJudging quotes“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
— John LockeInspirational quotes“How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?”
— John LockeLong quotes“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.”
— John LockePhilosophical quotes“Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.”
— John LockeMen quotes“Men's happiness or misery is [for the] most part of their own making.”
— John LockeMen quotes“It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.”
— John LockeEducation quotes“Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”
— John LockePhilosophical quotes