What might be said of things in themselves, separated from all relationship to our senses, remains for us absolutely unknown.
IMMANUEL KANTOnly the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
More Immanuel Kant Quotes
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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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An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.
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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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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 only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
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Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
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From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
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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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Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
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Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.
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Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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He who would know the world must first manufacture it.
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Man desires concord; but nature know better what is good for his species; she desires discord.
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One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
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