G. W. F. Hegel Quotes


The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. G. W. F. Hegel Scholars 118
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. G. W. F. Hegel Principles 103
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest. G. W. F. Hegel Professionalism 94
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. G. W. F. Hegel Liberty 93
What experience and history teach is this--that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it. G. W. F. Hegel History 91
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. G. W. F. Hegel HeroesHeroism 89
No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet. G. W. F. Hegel HeroesHeroism 84
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. G. W. F. Hegel Mistakes 82
The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. G. W. F. Hegel Bravery 80
The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. G. W. F. Hegel Freedom 79
An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. G. W. F. Hegel Generalize 77
As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is. G. W. F. Hegel State 62
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. G. W. F. Hegel Reason 60
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself? G. W. F. Hegel Innovation 57
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. G. W. F. Hegel Philosophy 51
What is rational is actual, and what is actual is rational. G. W. F. Hegel Reason 50
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. G. W. F. Hegel Congress 49
Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it. G. W. F. Hegel Animals 49
The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study. G. W. F. Hegel Philosophy 47
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. G. W. F. Hegel Greatness 47
If you want to love you must serve, if you want freedom you must die. G. W. F. Hegel Service 46
Education is the art of making man ethical. G. W. F. Hegel Education 43
Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government. G. W. F. Hegel Poverty 43
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal. G. W. F. Hegel Citizenship 40

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