World history is a court of judgment.- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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.
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.
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.
Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me.
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
