I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She opened my heart to the lasting impressions of nature; she awakened my understanding and extended my horizon and her percepts exerted an everlasting influence upon the course of my life.

But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

Have the courage to use your own reason- That is the motto of enlightenment. "Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals" (1785)

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.

Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.

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

You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am