Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"If by this Enquiry into the Nature of the Understanding, I can discover the Powers thereof; how far they reach; to what things they are in any Degree proportionate; and where they fail us, I suppose it may of use, to prevail with the busy Mind of Man, to be more cautious in meddling with ...

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

There is "Nothing being so beautiful to the Eye, as Truth is to the Mind"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"[B]y long poring on the same Objects, so dim in his sight" one may "take Monsters lodged in his own brain, for the Images of the Deity, and the Workmanship of his Hands"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"Ideas do, whilst we are awake, succeed one another in our Minds at certain distances, not much unlike the Images in the inside of a Lanthorn, turned round by the Heat of a Candle"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

The Candle of the Lord is set up in men's minds and "is impossible for the breath or Power of Man wholly to extinguish"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"This part of Knowledge is irresistible, and like bright Sun-shine, forces itself immediately to be perceived, as soon as ever the Mind turns its view that way; and leaves no room for Hesitation, Doubt, or Examination, but the Mind is presently filled with the clear light of it."

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"For in this the Mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the Truth, as the Eye doth light, only by being directed towards it."

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

"GOD I own cannot be denied to enlighten the Understanding by a Ray darted into the Mind immediately from the Fountain of Light"

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

Enthusiasts "see the Light infused into their Understandings, and cannot be mistaken; 'tis clear and visible there; like the Light of bright Sunshine."

— Locke, John (1632-1704)

Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706

Those who "principle children well ... instil into the unwary, and as yet unprejudiced, understanding (for white paper receives any characters) those doctrines they would have them retain and profess."

— Locke, John (1632-1704)