Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.

There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish.

Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself; and it is a crime against the dignity that belongs to him as a human being, to use him as a mere means for some external purpose.

Enthusiasm is always connected with the senses, whatever be the object that excites it. The true strength of virtue is serenity of mind, combined with a deliberate and steadfast determination to execute her laws. That is the healthful condition of the moral life; on the other hand, enthusiasm, even when excited by representations of goodness, is a brilliant but feverish glow which leaves only exhaustion and languor behind.

God, freedom, and immortality are untenable in the light of pure reason.

It is therefore correct to say that the senses do not err — not because they always judge rightly, but because they do not judge at all.

***Three Conditions of Happiness*** If you have work to do If you have someone you love If You have hope Then You are Happy now!