Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Philosopher, Idealist German 1770 – 1831

German idealist philosopher who influenced both left and right.

383 quotes

"Patience is the virtue of understanding that all things develop in their proper time."
Patience
"Kindness without wisdom is mere sentimentality."
Kindness
"Strength lies not in domination but in the power of comprehension."
Strength
"Money is the objectification of human desire and labor."
Money
"Health of the spirit requires confronting one's own contradictions."
Health
"Adventure is the soul's way of discovering its own capacities."
Adventure
"Technology is the will of the mind made manifest in material form."
Technology
"War is the tragic necessity through which history progresses."
War
"Motivation arises when we understand our place in the greater whole."
Motivation
"Inspiration is the recognition of the infinite in the finite."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the crucible in which self-consciousness is forged."
Relationships
"Solitude is necessary for the spirit to know itself."
Solitude
"The state is the manifestation of ethical life in history."
Politics
"Literature reveals the hidden truths that reason alone cannot express."
Literature
"Music is frozen architecture, or rather, architecture is frozen music."
Music
"Faith without reason is blind; reason without faith is empty."
Faith
"Death is not the end but the completion of life's meaning."
Death
"Perseverance is the recognition that all worth is achieved through struggle."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the acknowledgment of our dependence on others."
Gratitude
"Creativity is the freedom to negate the given and create the new."
Creativity
"Power without understanding is tyranny; understanding without power is futile."
Power
"Success is the actualization of one's potential in the world."
Success
"Friendship is the mutual recognition of worth between rational beings."
Friendship
"Family is the first stage of ethical consciousness."
Family
"Hope is the conviction that meaning can be wrested from chaos."
Hope
"Nature is the external manifestation of universal reason."
Nature
"Humor reveals the contradictions that logic alone cannot grasp."
Humor
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but its rational resolution."
Peace
"Dreams are the imagination's way of processing contradictions."
Dreams
"The understanding of history is the foundation of all wisdom."
Wisdom