The very variety arising from the union of numbers of individuals is the highest good which social life can confer, and this variety is undoubtedly lost in proportion to the degree of State interference. Wilhelm von Humboldt More Quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt More Quotes From Wilhelm von Humboldt 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. Wilhelm von Humboldt regret nature war I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves. Wilhelm von Humboldt How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. Wilhelm von Humboldt True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. Wilhelm von Humboldt If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind. Wilhelm von Humboldt see important mind history