Quote by Immanuel Kant

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room f

Summary

This quote suggests that the person had to consciously let go of certain knowledge or facts in order to cultivate beliefs. It implies that beliefs and knowledge may clash or occupy the same mental space, requiring one to choose between them. In this case, the person actively chooses to prioritize belief over remaining committed to certain knowledge or truths. It highlights the idea of sacrifice or trade-off between certainty and faith.

Topics

Knowledge

By Immanuel Kant

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual strug

Life for both sexes is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything it calls for confidence in oneself. Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle.

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's

Confidence

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

Religion

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greates

We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.

Food

The most perfect political community is one in which the mid

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Community

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate

Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.

Letitia Baldrige

Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death

Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death

Doubt

Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all.

Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy Tales

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.

Life Love

Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never cri

Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime?

Marquis de Sade

Murder

I have only one counsel for you -- be master.

I have only one counsel for you -- be master.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Control

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately be

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

Joseph De Maistre

Temptation

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of r

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Letters (writing)