Quotations

"Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness."

— Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, born 1724

"Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me."

— Immanuel Kant, German philosopher, born 1724

"The art of conducting consists of knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play."

— Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, born 1908

"No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so."

— Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, born 1908

"It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion."

— Donna Karan, American fashion designer, born 1948

"I always thought what you wore underneath was as important as what you wear on top."

— Donna Karan, American fashion designer, born 1948

"Certainly I was typed. But what is typing? It is a trademark, a means by which the public recognizes you. Actors work all their lives to achieve that. I got mine with just one picture. It was a blessing."

— Boris Karloff, English actor, born 1887

"The monster was the best friend I ever had."

— Boris Karloff, English actor, born 1887

"I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off."

— Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni activist, born 1979

"Women were free in older times when the Islamic nation was strong. There are so many examples in history, not more than a thousand years ago, when Muslim women were leaders, scientists, professionals, and so on. It is all about justice, and justice can be attained through having the rulers accountable to their people."

— Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni activist, born 1979

"Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness."

— Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-Canadian photographer, born 1908

"Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera."

— Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-Canadian photographer, born 1908

"The language of light can only be decoded by the heart."

— Suzy Kassem, American writer, born 1975

"Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system. Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them. We have a universe within ourselves that mimics the universe outside. None of us are just black or white, or never wrong and always right. No one. No one exists without polarities. Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them."

— Suzy Kassem, American writer, born 1975