Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and no evil can destroy.
Interpretation
Understanding the essence of nature offers profound joy and liberation that cannot be taken away.
This quote by Alexander Von Humboldt emphasizes that gaining insight into the fundamental aspects of the natural world brings unparalleled joy and a sense of freedom. Such intellectual pursuits provide resilience against life's hardships and negativity, suggesting that true freedom and happiness lie in knowledge and understanding.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of education and understanding the world around us.
Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury.
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)
Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you: You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth are the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them.
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.
All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
Great works are done when one is not calculating and thinking.
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
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