Education is the art of making man ethical.
Education is the art of making man ethical.
To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.
Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But they have no right to their life, because they do not will it.
Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.
Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.
I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
World history is a court of judgment.
Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.
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