Friedrich Hegel

"War is the instrument of historical progress."

"A man is as young as his faith in the future."

"Skepticism is the gateway to knowledge."

"The irrational possesses a logic of its own."

"Beauty is the reconciliation of form and content."

"Tolerance is the greatest force, but tolerance does not mean submission."

"The ethical is the universal; the unethical is the particular."

"Knowledge is power only when applied wisely."

"The fundamental contradiction reveals the nature of all things."

"Love in all its forms elevates the finite to the infinite."

"One must have chaos to give birth to a dancing star."

"The present contains the seeds of the future."

"Not all that is possible is actual; not all that is actual is necessary."

"Spirit exists only insofar as it acts."

"The concrete universal is the goal of all dialectical thinking."

"Death is the moment of reconciliation with the infinite."

"Pride in one's achievements is not arrogance if justified."

"The cunning of reason guides history toward freedom."

"Individuality without universality is mere selfishness."

"The family is the ethical basis of all human community."

"Civil society mediates between family and state."

"Freedom requires both right and duty."

"The world unfolds according to its own inner logic."

"Mediation is the movement of the concept itself."

"Art dies when it becomes merely decorative."

"The absolute manifests itself through finite particulars."

"Truth is not static; it develops and evolves."

"The symbol points beyond itself to the infinite."

"Contradiction is the engine of all development."

"Being is the thesis; nothingness is the antithesis."