Quotes by Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von

Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the >>

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is >>

If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellenc >>

Quotations about Freedom

Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains. >>

He who is conceived in a cage, yearns for the cage. >>

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in o >>

Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.

Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von