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> [Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the storm of passion, and soften the heart when shaken by sorrow to its inmost depths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/mere-communion-with-nature-mere-contact-with-the-free-air-exercise-a/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

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## More by Alexander von Humboldt

> [The most powerful influence exercised by the Arabs on general natural physics was that directed to the advances of chemistry ; a science for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/the-most-powerful-influence-exercised-by-the-arabs-on-general-natural/)

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> [“There are three stages of scientific discovery: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they credit the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/there-are-three-stages-of-scientific-discovery-first-people-deny-it/)

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> [People often say that I'm curious about too many things at once... But can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/people-often-say-that-i-m-curious-about-too-many-things-at-once-but/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [Mere communion with nature, mere contact with the free air, exercise a soothing yet comforting and strengthening influence on the wearied mind, calm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/mere-communion-with-nature-mere-contact-with-the-free-air-exercise-a/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [There are some races more cultured and advanced and ennobled by education than others; but there are no races nobler than others. All are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/there-are-some-races-more-cultured-and-advanced-and-ennobled-by/)

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> [“This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad. Here, in a fertile land, in an eternal greenness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/this-view-of-a-living-nature-where-man-is-nothing-is-both-odd-and-sad/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [The expression of vanity and self-love becomes less offensive, when it retains something of simplicity and frankness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/the-expression-of-vanity-and-self-love-becomes-less-offensive-when-it/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/at-no-other-time-has-nature-concentrated-such-a-wealth-of-valuable/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [Before being free, it is necessary to be just](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/before-being-free-it-is-necessary-to-be-just/)

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> [“What speaks to the soul, escapes our measurements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/what-speaks-to-the-soul-escapes-our-measurements/)

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> [Petroleum is the product of a distillation from great depth and issues from the primitive rocks beneath which the forces of all volcanic action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/petroleum-is-the-product-of-a-distillation-from-great-depth-and/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/true-enjoyment-comes-from-activity-of-the-mind-and-exercise-of-the/)

[Alexander Von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/our-imagination-is-struck-only-by-what-is-great-but-the-lover-of/)

[Alexander von Humboldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-von-humboldt/)

> [Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/cruelty-to-animals-is-one-of-the-most-significant-vices-of-a-low-and/)

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> [“While we maintain the unity of the human species, we at the same time repel the depressing assumption of superior and inferior races of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-von-humboldt/while-we-maintain-the-unity-of-the-human-species-we-at-the-same-time/)

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