"It is not God's will merely that we……" — Immanuel Kant
"It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy"
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Immanuel Kant
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229 Quotes by Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant has 229 quotes on this site.
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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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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail…
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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