Home » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1 It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Value, Real Add to Collection 2 Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Great, Help, Pressure Add to Collection 3 The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Often, Assume Add to Collection 4 World history is a court of judgment. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel History, World, Judgment Add to Collection 5 I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Beauty, Ugly, Creation Add to Collection 6 Education is the art of making man ethical. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Education, Art, Man Add to Collection 7 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. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Liberty, Always, Be Careful Add to Collection 8 Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Nature, Power, Achieve Add to Collection 9 The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Positive, Finding, Fault Add to Collection 10 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. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Life, Soul, Animals Add to Collection 11 Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Heroes, Once, Come Add to Collection 12 Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Passion, Great, World Add to Collection 13 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. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Knowledge, Shoes, Know Add to Collection 14 To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel World, Turn, Looks Add to Collection 15 Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel History, Principles, Never Add to Collection 16 Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Truth, Philosophy, Reality Add to Collection 17 The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel History, Freedom, Progress Add to Collection 18 Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Men, Thought, Action Add to Collection 19 Too fair to worship, too divine to love. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Love, To Love, Fair Add to Collection 20 All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Real, Reasonable Add to Collection 21 An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Thinking, Think, Idea Add to Collection 22 Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel World, Rights, Right Add to Collection