Every one loves his country, his manners, his language, his… - Johann Gottfried Herder

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Every one loves his country, his manners, his language, his wife, his children; not because they are the best in the World, but because they are absolutely his own, and he loves himself and his own labours in them.

Johann Gottfried Herder

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Johann Gottfried Herder (or von Herder) (25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was a German poet, philosopher, literary critic and folksong collector. He is remembered as a theorist of the Sturm und Drang movement, and as a decisive influence on the young Goethe.

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Alternative Names: Johann Gottfried von Herder • Herder • Johann Gottfried

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…nothing in Nature stands still; everything strives and moves forward. If we could only view the first stages of creation, how the kingdoms of nature were built one upon the other, a progression of forward-striving forces would reveal itself in all evolution.

Was in dem Herzen andrer von Uns lebt,
Ist unser wahrestes und tiefstes Selbst.

I am not here to think, but to be, feel, live!...Heart! Warmth! Blood! Humanity! Life!

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