From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
IMMANUEL KANTFrom such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.
IMMANUEL KANTThe busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.
IMMANUEL KANTHuman beings are never to be treated as a means but always as ends.
IMMANUEL KANTSpace and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.
IMMANUEL KANTWithout man and his potential for moral progress, the whole of reality would be a mere wilderness, a thing in vain, and have no final purpose.
IMMANUEL KANTExperience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
IMMANUEL KANTHeaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
IMMANUEL KANTFor peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.
IMMANUEL KANTEnlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
IMMANUEL KANTWe are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.
IMMANUEL KANTFreedom, is a property of all rational beings.
IMMANUEL KANTRules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
IMMANUEL KANTThe enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgement of reason, and perverts its liberty.
IMMANUEL KANTDare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!
IMMANUEL KANTPrudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
IMMANUEL KANTHe 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.
IMMANUEL KANT