Immanuel Kant Quotes
All human knowledge begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity.
A society that is not willing to demand a life of somebody who has taken somebody else’s life is simply immoral.
Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.
Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.
It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care of the young.
The science of mathematics presents the most brilliant example of how pure reason may successfully enlarge its domain without the aid of experience
Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself.
***Three Conditions of Happiness*** If you have work to do If you have someone you love If You have hope Then You are Happy now!
It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.
The wish to talk to God is absurd. We cannot talk to one we cannot comprehend — and we cannot comprehend God; we can only believe in Him.
Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good.
The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable of the greatest happiness.
The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.
Our intellect does not draw its laws from nature, but it imposes its laws upon nature.
When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any
But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion.
God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.
If a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.
Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?
Arrogance is, as it were, a solicitation on the part of one seeking honor for followers, whom he thinks he is entitled to treat with contempt.
Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori.
