Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. ”

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. ”

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. ”

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. ”

Too fair to worship, too divine to love. ”

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. ”

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. ”

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. ”

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. ”