"Man's duty is to improve himself; to cultivate his mind; and, when he finds himself going astray, to bring the moral law to bear upon himself."
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"Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an island decided to separate and disperse throughout the world), the last murderer remaining in prison would first have to be executed, so that each has done to him what his deeds deserve and blood guilt does not cling to the people for not having insisted upon this punishment; for otherwise the people can be regarded as collaborators in his public violation of justice."
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"Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than a song of a human being which is produced in accordance with all the rules of music; for we very much sooner weary of the latter, if it is repeated often and at length. Here, however, we probably confuse our participation in the mirth of a little creature that we love, with the beauty of its song; for if this were exactly imitated by man (as sometimes the notes of the nightingale are) it would seem to our ear quite devoid of taste."
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"The death of dogma is the birth of morality."
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"***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!"
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"It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect."
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"It is through good education that all the good in the world arises."
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"Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!"
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"The possession of power inevitably spoils the free use of reason."
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"One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him."
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"The wish to talk to God is absurd. We cannot talk to one we cannot comprehend — and we cannot comprehend God; we can only believe in Him."
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"Ingratitude is the essence of vileness."
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"Art is purposiveness without purpose."
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"No-one can compel me to be happy in accordance with his conception of the welfare of others, for each may seek his happiness in whatever way he sees fit, so long as he does not infringe upon the freedom of others to pursue a similar end which can be reconciled with the freedom of everyone else within a workable general law ? i.e. he must accord to others the same right as he enjoys himself."
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"If justice perishes, human life on Earth has lost its meaning."
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"The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life."
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"The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable of the greatest happiness."
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"Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to whom he has done good."
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"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild."
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"Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination."
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