Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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

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

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

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

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to...

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to...

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...

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we...

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we...

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.

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without...

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be...

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as...

By a lie a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as...

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,...

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

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...

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...

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot...