Immanuel Kant Quotes
German philosopher whose Critique of Pure Reason reshaped modern philosophy. Kant's reflections on duty, enlightenment and the starry heavens remain foundational. Below are 15 of the most loved Immanuel Kant quotes, chosen from across their works and letters. Tap Copy on any quote to save or share it.
Seek not the favour of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.
A single line in a work of art can change the whole.
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
By a lie, a man throws away and, as it were, annihilates his dignity as a man.
Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men.
All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason.
Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life.
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
Treat humanity, in your own person or that of another, always as an end, never merely as a means.