"Duty is the necessity to act out of…" — Immanuel Kant

Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law. - Immanuel Kant

"Duty is the necessity to act out of reverence for the law."

— Immanuel Kant

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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…
Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has…
Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We…
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a…
Honesty is better than any policy.
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live…

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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