Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Quotes


It is worthy of special remark that when we are not too anxious about happiness and unhappiness, but devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Duty 83
Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Property 75
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Government 72
War seems to be one of the most salutary phenomena for the culture of human nature; and it is not without regret that I see it disappearing more and more from the scene. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt War 72
Language makes infinite use of finite media. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Finite 65
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 of his household. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Apathy 65
Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Life 64
Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Character 61
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Success 60
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of the former would, in all cases, exceed that of the latter. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Control 57
In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to do it. Man can do everything with himself, but he must not attempt to do too much with others. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Will 55
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 something beyond the present-a striving toward regions yet unknown and unopened. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Desires 49
If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Women 49
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Enjoyment 42
It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Fate 39
Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt God 35
Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man. Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt Man 32

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