"We find that the more a cultivated..." - Quote by Immanuel Kant
We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.
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“Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.”
“I am myself by inclination an investigator.”
“Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!”
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“Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?”
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
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