Best Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes
- The most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue ....perhaps the deepest and loftiest thing the world has to show. Any
- It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness. Body
- Wherever the citizen becomes indifferent to his fellows, so will the husband be to his wife, and the father of a family toward the members… Becomes
- It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to… Best
- Natural objects themselves, even when they make no claim to beauty, excite the feelings, and occupy the imagination. Nature pleases, attracts, delights, merely because it… Attracts
- A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him. From
- To judge a man means nothing more than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have… Ask
- Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for… Acquired
- We cannot assume the injustice of any actions which only create offense, and especially as regards religion and morals. He who utters or does anything… Act
- Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all. All
- Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us. Character
- No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him. Better
- When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, ihen happiness comes of itself. Devote
- Work is as much a necessity to man as eating and sleeping. Even those who do nothing that can be called work still imagine they… Called
- However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that… Arrive
- True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Activity