Immanuel Kant Quotes
To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any other motive of vanity or self-interest, they find a pleasure in spreading joy around them, and can take delight in the satisfaction of others so far as it is their own work. But I maintain that in such a case an action of this kind, however proper, however amiable it may be, has nevertheless no true moral worth, but is on a level with other inclinations. . . . For the maxim lacks the moral import, namely, that such actions be done from duty, not from inclination.
Quotes to Explore
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There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.
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I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.
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The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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Our duty is to be patient.
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
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The right to life is guaranteed to all Americans in the Declaration of Independence, and ensuring this is upheld is the Constitutional duty of all members of Congress.
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In societies where one sees a higher prevalence of 'modern values' - individualism, vitalism and self-expression - there's also higher reported job satisfaction.
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Collecting is my joy; it gives me great satisfaction.
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With the acting, it's somebody else's brainchild, and I'm just sort of helping flesh it out. There's a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation.
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Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.
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I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
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Minds ripen at very different ages.
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Modern morality is all about perception.
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Ultimately all idolatry is worship of the self projected and objectified: all idolization is self-idolization.
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Although man is already ninety per cent water, the Prohibitionists are not yet satisfied.
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To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any other motive of vanity or self-interest, they find a pleasure in spreading joy around them, and can take delight in the satisfaction of others so far as it is their own work. But I maintain that in such a case an action of this kind, however proper, however amiable it may be, has nevertheless no true moral worth, but is on a level with other inclinations. . . . For the maxim lacks the moral import, namely, that such actions be done from duty, not from inclination.
