The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

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...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

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...

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...

(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.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

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...

When a hot person sits behind you in class and you feel self-conscious every time...

When a hot person sits behind you in class and you feel self-conscious every time...

If you commit the same mistake more than once, it is no longer considered a...

If you commit the same mistake more than once, it is no longer considered a...

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know....

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created...

Our nation was created in ways that allow human potential to prosper, and it created...