John Locke on ideas

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle384–322 BC

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One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.

Victor Hugo1802–1885