Descent Quote by Immanuel Kant Download Open image “Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.” — Immanuel Kant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Descent Godliness Hell Morality Philosophy Self Self knowledge Spirituality Way
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
It is evident that man never attains to a true self-knowledge until he has previously contemplated the face of God, and come down after… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“Knowledge of self ought to be the great project of our lives. Knowing ourselves we will know others. Only by knowing ourselves can we… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“Self-knowledge is the foundation of a practical spirituality, a spirituality that ripples outward from the self into the world.” — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Self-knowledge is a dangerous thing, tending to make man shallow or insane. — Karl Shapiro Copy Share Image
Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an island decided… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
How then is perfection to be sought? Wherein lies our hope? In education, and in nothing else. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Beauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Philosophical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from concepts ; mathematical knowledge is the knowledge gained by reason from the construction of concepts. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The ideal of the supreme being is nothing but a regulative principle of reason which directs us to look upon all connection in the… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“Jeg skal alltid handle slik at den regelen jeg handler etter kunne gjelde som allmenn lov.” — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Deaths, births, and marriages, considering how much they are separately dependent on the freedom of the human will, should seem to be subject to… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The sum of all that makes a just man happy Consists in the well choosing of his wife: And there, well to discharge it,… — Philip Massinger Copy Share Image
I care not whether the soldiers are of Milesian, Teutonic, African or Angelo-Saxon descent. I despise the principle that make a difference between them… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
I would say to you that Americans of Hispanic descent want desperately to give their children the chances they never had. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it… — James E. Talmage Copy Share Image
No one should deny the danger of the descent, but it can be risked. No one need risk it, but it is certain that… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Ram, ass, and horse, my Kyrnos, we look over With care, and seek good stock for good to cover; And yet the best men… — Theognis of Megara Copy Share Image
Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on… — Dan Harmon Copy Share Image
I'm so alive. As I stand facing the beauty of the never-ending Pacific Ocean, a late afternoon breeze blows down from the hills behind.… — Dave Pelzer Copy Share Image
