"Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently……" — Immanuel Kant
"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."
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229 Quotes by Immanuel Kant
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I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within…
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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
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The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has…
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Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
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...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We…
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
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What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
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Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a…
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Honesty is better than any policy.
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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live…
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Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.
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One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.
— Ann Radcliffe
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Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense,…
— John Calvin
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But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and I should wish to do, evidence of…
— Charles Darwin
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Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to…
— Immanuel Kant
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To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures…
— Plutarch
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The indescribable innocence of and beneficence of Nature,-of sun and wind and rain, of summer and winter,-such health, such cheer,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm…
— Michael Faraday
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Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great…
— Helen Keller
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