Immanuel Kant Quotes

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• Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes

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  Friendship, Eye, Men

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• You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am

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  Know Me, Knows

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• If you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into the world and finds that goodness is not always rewarded, nor wickedness always punished, he will grow into a man who only thinks about how he may get on in the world, and does right or wrong according as he finds advantage to himself.

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  Children, Men, Naughty

  Immanuel Kant, Annette Churton (2003). “On Education”, p.84, Courier Corporation

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  Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.

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  Inspirational, Poverty, Rich

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  Do the right thing because it is right.

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  Courage, Honesty, Integrity

  Immanuel Kant (2005). “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.39, Broadview Press

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• Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

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  Strong, Weakness, Weak

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  But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

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  Lying, Evil

  Immanuel Kant (1963). “Lectures on ethics”

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• Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities. It takes intellectual daring to discover the truth.

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  Men, Thinking, Intellectual

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• Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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  Life, Motivational, Success

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• The only thing permanent is change.

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  Permanent

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• We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

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  Dog, Heart, Animal

  "True animal instinct", www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2005.

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• The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.

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  Wise, Men, Mind

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  Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

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  Inspirational, Relationship, Integrity

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• Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

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  Life, Integrity, Law

  "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1785.

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• Give a man everything he wants and at that moment everything is not everything

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  Men, Giving, Want

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• Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.

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  Genius, Taught, Ability

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• All perception is colored by emotion.

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  Perception, Emotion

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• Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.

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  Laughter, Sleep, Odds

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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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  Inspirational, Order, Quests

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• A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides.

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  Book, Bible Reading, Lines

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• The human heart refuses To believe in a universe Without a purpose.

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  Believe, Heart, Optimism

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• Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! Have the courage to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.

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  Determination, Men, Self

  "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?". Essay by Immanuel Kant, 1784.

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• There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.

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  Doubt, Knowledge Experience, Knowledge And Experience

  Immanuel Kant (1855). “Critique of Pure Reason”, p.1

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• It is never too late to become reasonable and wise.

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  Wise, Too Late, Reasonable

  Immanuel Kant, James Wesley Ellington (2001). “Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (Second Edition): and the Letter to Marcus Herz, February 1772”, p.2, Hackett Publishing

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