John Locke — "The discipline of desire is the background of character."

"Every man has a property in his own person: this no body has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his."

"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common."

"The private judgment of every particular person concerning the truth or falsehood of any doctrine, or the sincerity of any worship, cannot be over-ruled by the public authority of the commonwealth."

"There is no such thing as an innate idea."

"The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts."