Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.
Immanuel KantA categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
Immanuel KantThe infinitude of creation is great enough to make a world, or a Milky Way of worlds, look in comparison with it what a flower or an insect does in comparison with the Earth.
Immanuel KantAll human knowledge begins with intuitions, proceeds from thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
Immanuel KantLaziness and cowardice explain why so many men. . . remain under a life-long tutelage and why it is so easy for some men to set themselves up as the guardians of all the rest. . . If I have a book which understands for me, a pastor who has a conscience for me, a doctor who decides my diet, I need not trouble myself. If I am willing to pay, I need not think. Others will do it for me.
Immanuel Kant