John Locke

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for read more

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule read more

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.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins read more

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.