If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

All the interests of my reason, speculative as well as practical, combine in the three...

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions,...

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it...

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the...

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

Reason does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order to gradually...

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

It is beyond a doubt that all our knowledge that begins with experience.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the...

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe - the...

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises...

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We...

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself,...

A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself,...

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.