Immanuel Kant Quotes

He who dares not reason, is a slave.

There will always be some people who think for themselves, even among the self-appointed guardians of the great mass who, after having thrown off the yoke of immaturity themselves, will spread about them the spirit of a reasonable estimate of their own value and of the need for every man to think for himself.

I hope that the message I conveyed in 'Julie of the Wolves' is to tell young people to think things out. Think independently.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.

Our aim is to help the clients help themselves, not to tell them what to think.

If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.

I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.

As I've gotten older and grown more independent, I think for myself, and that's how it should be.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

I like to do research. It gives me a sense of ownership. That's very powerful for me as an actor to just own it.

Who do you want to be: the radical man who can make a choice in one second, or the man who never takes decisions? That's the question: who's the best? Actually, there is no best.

I don't see myself in competition with anyone, I am in my own space; I don't follow anyone, though I appreciate good work always.

The Enlightenment ideal, which all universities claim to endorse, is that everyone should think for themselves.

I don't ever want to be inspired by someone else. I want to be inspired by myself.

I learned to question everything you read. Don't take anything at face value. Don't care what other people say. I liked that philosophy.

When you can analyze situations and figure out what's best for you, based on you and not some preconceived notion of what society expects, then nothing is a threat.

The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.

No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.