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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

Immanuel Kant

For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.
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Human Humanity Learning Peace
Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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God Hell Knowledge
In every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
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Mathematics Science
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
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Children Patience Time Truth
It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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Beyond Doubt Experience Knowledge
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Happiness Human
Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason.
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Beautiful Present Reason Understand
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
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Himself Oneself People Worth
Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
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Happiness Hope Love
A great part, perhaps the greatest part, of the business of our reason consists in the analysation of the conceptions which we already possess of objects.
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Business Greatness Material Reason
Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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Empty Thinking
Dare to think!
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Daring Thinking
We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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End Knowledge Ourselves Reason Understand
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
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Animal Heart Himself Judgement Man

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

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