If man makes himself a worm he must not... by Immanuel Kant | We Heart Quotes

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

- Immanuel Kant

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May Life

May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

- Immanuel Kant

Law

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

- Immanuel Kant

God Will

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

- Immanuel Kant

Knowledge

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

- Immanuel Kant

Nothing Man

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

- Immanuel Kant

Intelligence

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

- Immanuel Kant

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