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“It has always seemed absurd to suppose that a god would choose for his companions, during all eternity, the dear souls whose highest and only ambition is to obey.”
― Individuality From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
― Individuality From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
“Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ”
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“As man develops, he places a greater value upon his own rights. Liberty becomes a grander and diviner thing. As he values his own rights, he begins to value the rights of others. And when all men give to all others all the rights they claim for themselves, this world will be civilized.”
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child
― The Liberty Of Man, Woman And Child
“Kindness is strength. Good-nature is often mistaken for virtue, and good health sometimes passes for genius. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. Intelligence is not the foundation of arrogance. Insolence is not logic. Epithets are the arguments of malice.”
― The Christian Religion: An Enquiry
― The Christian Religion: An Enquiry
“In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and buried the great thieves in marble and gold. Under the loftiest monuments sleeps the dust of murder.”
― Humboldt From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
― Humboldt From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'
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