The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. – John Locke
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. – John Locke
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. – John Locke