The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Topics: Action Quotes, History Quotes, Passion Quotes

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...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

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...

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...

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

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

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

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...

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

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.

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...

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...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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...

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...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

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...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

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...

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.