"Human freedom is realised in the adoption..." - Quote by Immanuel Kant
Human freedom is realised in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-one can be compelled to do by another is to adopt a particular end. - 'Metaphysical Principles of Virtue
More by Immanuel Kant
“This spirit of freedom is expanding even where it must struggle against the external obstacles of governments that misunderstand their own function. Such governments are illuminated by the example that the existence of freedom need not give cause for the least concern regarding public order and harmony in the commonwealth. If only they refrain from inventing artifices to keep themselves in it, men will gradually raise themselves from barbarism.”
“Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.”
“Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (receptivity for impressions), the second is the power of knowing an object through these representations (spontaneity [in the production] of concepts).”
More on Freedom
“Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.”
“Is it freedom to be a slave to the senses, to anger, to jealousies and a hundred other petty things that must occur every day in human life?”
“My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die.”
More on Humanity
“All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.”
“The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.”
“We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.”