The Limits of State Action Quotes

“If we reason that we want happiness for others, not for ourselves, then we ought justly to be suspected of failing to recognize human nature for what it is and of wishing to turn men into machines.”
― Wilhelm Von Humboldt, The Limits of State Action

“The price of apparent happiness and enjoyment is the neglect of the spontaneous active energies of the acting members.”
― Wilhelm Von Humboldt, The Limits of State Action

“All situations in which the interrelationships between extremes are involved are the most interesting and instructive.”
― Wilhelm Von Humboldt, The Limits of State Action