Parents usually educate their children merely in such a manner than however bad the world may be, they may adapt themselves to its present conditions….

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the….

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarde….

It is through good education that all the good in the world arises..

Riches ennoble a man's circumstances, but not himself..

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on..

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above ….

[A ruler is merely] the trustee of the rights of other men and he must always stand in dread of having in some way violated these rights..

Notion without intuition is empty, intuition without notion is blind..

[Aristotle formal logic thus far (1787)] has not been able to advance a single step, and hence is to all appearances closed and completed..

Our intellect does not draw its laws from nature, but it imposes its laws upon nature..

Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Su….

In the natural state no concept of God can arise, and the false one which one makes for himself is harmful. Hence the theory of natural religion can ….

Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly..

Through laziness and cowardice a large part of mankind, even after nature has freed them from alien guidance, gladly remain immature. It is because o….

Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?.

I am myself by inclination an investigator..

One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is manifested b….

***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!.

If we knew that god exists, such knowledge would make morality impossible. For, if we acted morally from fear or fright, or confident of a reward, th….

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness..