18 quotes
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
“The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.”
"The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk."
on Philosophy
"Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?"
on Fear
"Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue."
on Activism
"The one who merely flees is not yet free. In fleeing he is still conditioned by that from which he flees."
on Freedom
"Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought."
"To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great."
on Success
"Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it."
on History
"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."
on Wisdom
"No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is not a hero, but because the valet is a valet."
on Truth
"World history is a court of judgment"
"Education is the art of making man ethical."
on Education
"Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion."
on Inspirational
"World history is a court of judgment."
"Everything turns on grasping and expressing the True, not only as Substance, but equally as Subject."
"Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature."
on Nature
"War is progress, peace is stagnation"
on War
"Too fair to worship, too divine to love."
on Love
