Immanuel Kant Quotes

I can't do victim roles - it makes me sick.

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

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

I'm definitely sensitive to the idea of exploitation. You don't want to glamorize certain things.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others.

When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.

I guess I just do 'emasculated' and 'meek' very well.

Any analysis of 'sin' or 'evil' or 'demonic influence' or 'negative thinking' or 'systemic evil' or 'antisocial behavior' that fails to see the lack of self-dignity as the core of the problem will prove to be too shallow.

there is nothing so absolute as the tyranny of weakness.

Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.

We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.

Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.

Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction.

If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury, but will rise and smite the oppressor.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

A slave's soul has no worth, my brothers; it lacks strength to tread on this great earth with gallantry and freedom. I pity the poor slaves, they're nought but airy mist, a light breeze scatters them, a fragrance knocks them down; it's only just they crawl on the earth on hands and knees. Today I'll write a hymn to God and pray for this great grace.