Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.
Immanuel KantHeaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.
Immanuel KantArt does not want the representation of a beautiful thing, but the representation of something beautiful.
Immanuel KantReason in a creature is a faculty of widening the rules and purposes of the use of all its powers far beyond natural instinct; it acknowledges no limits to its projects. Reason itself does not work instinctively, but requires trial, practice, and instruction in order gradually to progress from one level of insight to another.
Immanuel Kant