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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. Immanuel Kant

Knowledge Understanding Nothing Our Higher Than Begins Ends Senses Proceeds Then Reason

To be is to do. Immanuel Kant

Religion is the opium of the masses. Karl Marx

Religion Masses Opium

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. Ludwig van Beethoven

Sad Art Genius Better Others Distant Guiding Sun Though Admired Only Sees Point He True True Artist Feels Reached Proud How How Far Limits His Goal Artist May Unfortunately Which Far Appears

Nothing good ever comes of violence. Martin Luther

Good Nothing Ever Violence

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world. Max Born

Truth World Evil Possession Oneself Only Root Belief

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Insanity Rare Rule Something Individuals Parties Nations Groups

The coward only threatens when he is safe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Coward Threatens Only He Safe

The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs. Karl Marx

Will Rich Backs Off Get Anything Poor

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. Otto von Bismarck

States Drunkards Protects Idiots Providence America Children United United States United States Of America

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person. Arthur Schopenhauer

Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination. Immanuel Kant

Happiness Imagination Ideal Reason

Strength lies not in defence but in attack. Adolf Hitler

Strength Defence Lies Attack

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think. Arthur Schopenhauer

Art Religion Animal People Training Think Shall Masterpiece How Trains

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. Hermann Hesse

Inspirational Good Value Whatever Believe Our Way Bad Give Something Come Always Still May Transform Meaning Fortune Believed

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismarck

Politics Believe Has-Been Never Until Been Denied Officially Anything

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized. Albert Einstein

Everyone Respected Individual No-One Idolized Should

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. Carl von Clausewitz

Motivational Great Determination Aim Pursue Force Decisive

Politicians are nauseating by definition... They can produce nothing, neither a loaf of bread nor a table nor a picture; and this inability to create value, this total inferiority, makes them jealous, vengeful, insolent and a menace to life and limb. Gerhard Richter

Life Jealous Inferiority Value Picture Politicians Nothing Definition Neither Table Total Menace Insolent Vengeful Limb Makes Nor Bread Inability Them Produce Create Loaf

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. Karl Marx

Always Existed Form Reason Reasonable

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