Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
IMMANUEL KANTFrom such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
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Laughter is an affect resulting from the sudden transformation of a heightened expectation into nothing.
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Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end.
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Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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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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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
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It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
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All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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I have therefore found it necessary to deny knowledge, in order to make room for faith.
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Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
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Freedom is the opposite of necessity.
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There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.
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The history of nature, begins with good, for it is God’s work; the history of freedom begins with badness, for it is man’s work.
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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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War seems to be ingrained in human nature, and even to be regarded as something noble to which man is inspired by his love of honor, without selfish motives.
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Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
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