Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

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

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

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize...

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize...

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...