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

Quote by Immanuel Kant

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Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole...

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole...

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...

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...

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

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,...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how...

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

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

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...

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.

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare...

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.

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,...

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.

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

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

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

The death of dogma is the birth of morality.

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on...

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear...

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in...

I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in...