We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.
Immanuel KantBeauty presents an indeterminate concept of Understanding, the sublime an indeterminate concept of Reason.
Immanuel KantInnocence is indeed a glorious thing; but, unfortunately, it does not keep very well and is easily led astray.
Immanuel KantIf you punish a child for being naughty, and reward him for being good, he will do right merely for the sake of the reward; and when he goes out into the world and finds that goodness is not always rewarded, nor wickedness always punished, he will grow into a man who only thinks about how he may get on in the world, and does right or wrong according as he finds advantage to himself.
Immanuel Kant