Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
IMMANUEL KANTBy a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.
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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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By a lie a man throws away, and as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
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Never wish to see a just cause defended with unjust means.
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Art is purposiveness without purpose.
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From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
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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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Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.
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Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith.
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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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The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.
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An action, to have moral worth, must be done from duty.
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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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He who would know the world must first manufacture it.
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