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

Immanuel Kant

Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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God Goodness Herself Man Nature
Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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Art Purpose
It is certainly a bad sign of common sense to appeal to it as a witness.
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Bad Perspective Philosophy
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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Happiness Moral Ourselves Self Love Worth
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
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
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
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Heaven Hope Human Laughter Sleep
The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.
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Greatness People Respect Worth
But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.
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Afraid Darkness Himself Philosophy
Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Happiness Human
Dare to think!
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Daring Thinking
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
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Enjoyment Judgement Liberty Power Reason
Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.
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Easy Greatness Philosophy
All so-called moral interest consists simply in respect for the law.
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Law Moral Respect Simplicity
Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.
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Experience Mindset Reality Space Time
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
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Material Philosophy Rich

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

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