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God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies.

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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate.
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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.
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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
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For a man's property is not at all secure, though there be good and equitable laws to set the bounds of it, between him and his fellow subjects, if he who commands those subjects, have power to take from any private man, what part he pleases of his property, and use and dispose of it as he thinks good.
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Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
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Who lies for you will lie against you.
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Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God. . . .
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature
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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
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There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.
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The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure. And because these are not annexed to any shape, colour, or size of visible objects, we are frighted of none of them, till either we have felt pain from them, or have notions put into us that they will do us harm.
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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.
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How then shall they have the play-games you allow them, if none must be bought for them? I answer, they should make them themselves, or at least endeavour it, and set themselves about it. ...And if you help them where they are at a stand, it will more endear you to them than any chargeable toys that you shall buy for them.
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Whoever uses force without Right ... puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
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We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.
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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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