Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly. (Immanuel Kant)

Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly.

Immanuel Kant

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