Wilhelm von HumboldtThinkers

Health is not a contributing factor to, but rather a manifestation of right living.

Language is representative of the spirit of a nation. Therefore, to speak another language means to accept its implicit worldview.

Prayer is intended to increase the devotion of the individual, but if the individual himself prays he requires no formula; he pours himself forth much more naturally in self-chosen and connected thoughts before God, and scarcely requires words at all. Real inward devotion knows no prayer but that arising from the depths of its own feelings.