"Results are nothing; the energies which produce them……" — Wilhelm von Humboldt
"Results are nothing; the energies which produce them and which again spring from them are everything."
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
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41 Quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt
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I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet…
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Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a…
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Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit…
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It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
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How a person masters his or her fate is more important than what that fate is.
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War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not…
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If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which…
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Language makes infinite use of finite media.
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Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation's culture as its language.
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Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the…
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If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind…
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Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has…
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I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies…
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For me the end of the year is always a time to reflect and recharge my energies.
— Gisele Bundchen
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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches…
— Andrew Carnegie
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Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love,…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.
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The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
— Walter Annenberg
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The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city,…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Administrators need to shift from being controllers to enablers, so as to liberate the energies and talents of the teachers.
— Steve Denning
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It is so inspiring to see a new group coming together not to focus on a particular war or weapons…
— Medea Benjamin
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