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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Kant

Act always so that the immediate motive of thy will may become a universal rule for all intelligent beings.

Es giebt nur eine Religion, aber es kann vielerlei Arten der Glaubens geben—There is only one religion, but there may be divers forms of belief.

If a man makes himself a worm, he must not complain when trodden on.

Moral culture must begin with a change (Umwandlung) in the way of thinking, and with the founding of a character.

Nichts ist göttlich, als was vernünftig ist—Nothing is divine but what is agreeable to reason.

Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion.

There is nothing divine but what is rational.

There is only one true religion, but there may be many forms of belief.

Two things strike me dumb: the infinite starry heavens, and the sense of right and wrong in man.