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Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

Immanuel Kant

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
IMMANUEL KANT

Humanity Man Philosophy
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
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
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
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
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Humanity Moral
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
Better the whole people perish than that injustice be done.
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Justice People
The outcome of an act commonly influences our judgment about its rightness, even though the former was uncertain, while the latter is certain.
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Act Judgement Life Result
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
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Book Goodness Mindset Past Reading
I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.
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Faith Knowledge Myself
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
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Philosophy Spiritual
Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Crime Justice Moral Protection Right
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Afraid Darkness Himself Philosophy
Freedom is the opposite of necessity.
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Freedom Necessary
If justice perishes, then it is no longer worthwhile for men to live upon the earth.
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Justice Live Man Worth
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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Act Law Moral Time

Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

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Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.

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