Quotes by John Locke

What worries you, masters you.


Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.


The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.


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.


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.


The discipline of desire is the background of character.