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“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 of the human mind.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

“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.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

“If we are out of synch with ourselves, everything is out of synch for us.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)