Quote

The chief art of learning is to attempt but a little at a time.

John Locke

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
Philosopher
Physician
Politician
Writer
Wrington
Somerset
Attempt
Learning
Art
Littles
Little
Time
Chief
Chiefs

More quotes by John Locke

Image
[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
John Locke
Image
Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.
John Locke
Image
False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are usually the prejudices imbibed from education, party, reverence, fashion, interest, et cetera.
John Locke
Image
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government.
John Locke
Image
What worries you, masters you.
John Locke
Image
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.
John Locke
Image
I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.
John Locke
Image
Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
John Locke
Image
It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.
John Locke
Image
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.
John Locke
Image
Children (nay, and men too) do most by example.
John Locke
Image
I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
John Locke
Image
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
John Locke
Image
To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
John Locke
Image
The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration.
John Locke
Image
Children have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
John Locke
Image
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
John Locke
Image
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
John Locke
Image
There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
John Locke
Image
Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit.
John Locke