Manners or etiquette ('accessibility, affability, politeness, refinement, propriety, courtesy, and ingratiating and captivating behavior') call for no large measure of moral determination and cannot, therefore, be reckoned as virtues. Even though manners are no virtues, they are a means of developing virtue.... The more we refine the crude elements in our nature, the more we improve our humanity and the more capable it grows of feeling the driving force of virtuous principles.
I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself. - Immanuel Kant
I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.
- Immanuel Kant
Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes - Immanuel Kant
Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes
Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong. - Immanuel Kant
Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.
But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents. - Immanuel Kant
But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.
Do the right thing because it is right. - Immanuel Kant
Do the right thing because it is right.
Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. - Immanuel Kant
Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities… - Immanuel Kant
Most men use their knowledge only under guidance from others because they lack the courage to think independently using their own reasoning abilities…
You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am - Immanuel Kant
You only know me as you see me, not as I actually am
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. - Immanuel Kant
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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