Quotes by Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of do >>

If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which >>

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. >>

Quotations about Force

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is >>

Whatever needs to be maintained through force is doomed. >>

Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. >>

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von