Immanuel Kant
Science and Wisdom
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
being rich
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Dare to think!
“Dare to think!”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
peace to reign - see the whole
“For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
courage to use your own reason
“Have the courage to use your own reason - That is the motto of enlightenment."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
death of dogma
"The death of dogma is the birth of morality.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
categoric imperative
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
knowledge senses understanding reason
"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason."
—Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
art entertainment moral ideas unite disappointments
“If beautiful art does not express ideas, ideas which unite people, then it is not art, but only entertainment. People need to be entertained in order to distance themselves from disappointments in their lives.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
worm complain step
“One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
look beautiful small
“Look closely. The beautiful may be small.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
treat humanity means end people
“Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
cruel animal hard men heart man
“He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
wise stubborn change mind
"The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
great mind think themselves
"Great minds think for themselves."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
greed everything
"Give a man everything he wants and at that moment everything is not everything."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
human quest being
"The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being."
laughter music meaning
"There are two things that don't have to mean anything, one is music and the other is laughter."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
knowledge thinking independent intellect
"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."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
right courage integrity
"Do the right thing because it is right."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
lie lying evil
"But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
quotes friends eyes
"Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes"
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
knowledge experience
“But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
marriage sex mutual posession attribute lives
“Marriage...is the union of two people of different sexes with a view to the mutual possession of each other's sexual attributes for the duration of their lives.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
anarchy despotism barbarism republic law freedom violoence
“Law And Freedom without Violence (Anarchy)
Law And Violence without Freedom (Despotism)
Violence without Freedom And Law (Barbarism)
Violence with Freedom And Law (Republic)”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
treat peole end means
“Treat people as an end, and never as a means to an end”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
prejudice unthinking masses freedom reason argue command
“...new prejudices will serve as well as old ones to harness the great unthinking masses.
For this enlightenment, however, nothing is required but freedom, and indeed the most harmless among all the things to which this term can properly be applied. It is the freedom to make public use of one's reason at every point. But I hear on all sides, 'Do not argue!' The Officer says: 'Do not argue but drill!' The tax collector: 'Do not argue but pay!' The cleric: 'Do not argue but believe!' Only one prince in the world says, 'Argue as much as you will, and about what you will, but obey!' Everywhere there is restriction on freedom.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
dareknow courage intelligence
“Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
rich possess without
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
thought content empty intuition concept blind
“Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
space time framework mind construct reality
“Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
rule happiness do love hope
“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
crooked timber humanity straight
“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
enlightenment nonage guidance dare to know
"Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance.This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's mind without another's guidance. Dare to know!
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Newton blade of grass life inanimate matter
‘‘there will never be a Newton of the blade of grass, because human science will never be able to explain how a living being can originate from inanimate matter."
― Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)