It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him. Immanuel Kant More Quotes by Immanuel Kant More Quotes From Immanuel Kant Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. Immanuel Kant philosophical fear science God, freedom, and immortality are untenable in the light of pure reason. Immanuel Kant freedom light reason Look closely. The beautiful may be small. Immanuel Kant beautiful inspirational looks Always regard every man as an end in himself, and never use him merely as a means to your ends [i.e., respect that each person has a life and purpose that is their own; do not treat people as objects to be exploited]. Immanuel Kant men mean people Always treat people as ends in themselves, never as means to an end. Immanuel Kant compassion mean people I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief. Immanuel Kant belief order rooms The two great dividers are religion and LANGUAGE Immanuel Kant language two Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality. Immanuel Kant space mind reality Laziness and cowardice explain why so many men. . . remain under a life-long tutelage and why it is so easy for some men to set themselves up as the guardians of all the rest. . . If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a doctor who decides my diet, I need not trouble myself. If I am willing to pay, I need not think. Others will do it for me. Immanuel Kant men book thinking Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. Immanuel Kant laughter happy happiness Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me... Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. Immanuel Kant awe-and-wonder law two Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person. Immanuel Kant ability taught genius Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild. Immanuel Kant discipline men Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself; and it is a crime against the dignity that belongs to him as a human being, to use him as a mere means for some external purpose. Immanuel Kant respect men mean Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself. Immanuel Kant growth law men Thinking in pictures precedes thinking in words. Immanuel Kant thinking For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first. Immanuel Kant reign earth firsts Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind. Immanuel Kant philosophical intuition blind The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away. Immanuel Kant evil-people tyranny war If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. Immanuel Kant philosophical complaining men
