230 Quotes by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.

We learn from history that we do not learn from history

To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

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

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

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.