"A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose."

-- Immanuel Kant

#Philosophical Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.”
“The trouble today is that we have too many laws.”
“There was one thing my daddy wouldn't tolerate in any shape, form or fashion, and that was being unkind or rude to somebody. That was just very important to my folks. And as it turns out, that was a legacy that he left me that money can't buy, is how to be able to treat people.”
“Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions”
“When I race, I don't think about it; it just happens.”
“The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has ever exercised such absolute authority to arrange a stage or field of battle and to command such unswervingly dutiful actors or troops.”
“The brightest light, the light of Italy, the purest sky of Scandinavia in the month of June is only a half-light when one compares it to the light of childhood. Even the nights were blue.”
“The only way to know everything is to learn how to think, how to ask questions, how to navigate the world. Students must learn how to teach themselves to use new tools, how to talk to unfamiliar people, and basically how to be brave.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.

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