507 Quotes by Immanuel Kant

We ourselves introduce that order and regularity in the appearance which we entitle “nature”. We could never find them in appearances had we not ourselves, by the nature of our own mind, originally set them there.

To be is to do.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Skepticism is thus a resting place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings and make survey of the region in which it finds itself, so that for the future it may be able to choose its path with more certainty. But it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement. Such can be obtained only through perfect certainty in our knowledge, alike of the objects themselves and of the limits within which all our knowledge of objects is enclosed.

By a lie, a man...annihilates his dignity as a man.

Notion without intuition is empty.

Good and strong will. Mechanism must precede science (learning). Also in morals and religion? Too much discipline makes one narrow and kills proficiency. Politeness belongs, not to discipline, but to polish, and thus comes last.

Intuition without notion is blind.

Two things fill my mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe: the starry skies above me and the moral law within me.