Hegel Quotes

The only thing that is constant is change. – Hegel

The development of consciousness is the development of freedom. – Hegel

What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. – Hegel

The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. – Hegel

Freedom is the recognition of necessity. – Hegel

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor in the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two. – Hegel

Every man is a masterpiece in progress. – Hegel

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. – Hegel

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. – Hegel

Reason knows only what it itself produces after a plan of its own. – Hegel

The progress of freedom depends more on the modification of the oppositions than on its total elimination. – Hegel

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. – Hegel

The idea is only true insofar as it grasps the necessity of its realization. – Hegel

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. – Hegel

Art is the sensuous presentation of the Idea. – Hegel

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

Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object. – Hegel

To be free is nothing, but to become free is everything. – Hegel

Freedom is the starting point and end goal of all human history. – Hegel

The only thing that can stop an idea is another idea. – Hegel

The truth is found in the whole, not in any one particular section. – Hegel

The highest form of reality is found in that which encompasses and transcends all previous forms. – Hegel

The self is the beginning and end of all our knowledge. – Hegel

Every true thinker is a rebel. – Hegel

The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. – Hegel

Education is the art of making man ethical. – Hegel

The right of the state is nothing more than the right of the Idea. – Hegel

To be conscious of the Absolute is to enjoy the bliss of the Absolute. – Hegel

The good is the unity of the objective and the subjective. – Hegel

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Hegel

Whatever diverts the mind from itself is a loss of freedom. – Hegel

The highest state of humanity is ethical life. – Hegel

The true spirit of a nation is revealed in its customs and laws. – Hegel

The task of philosophy is to reconcile the individual with the universal. – Hegel

The state is the march of God through the world. – Hegel

The individual is the microcosm of the universal. – Hegel

The man who does not know what he wants is the slave of other men’s desires. – Hegel

To be spiritual is to be conscious of oneself as an individual and as a part of the whole. – Hegel

The greatest satisfaction in life comes from the harmonious development of one’s talents. – Hegel

The world is not as it appears, but as it is in and for itself. – Hegel

The mind is the highest power in man. – Hegel

The only real failure in life is the failure to try. – Hegel

The dialectic is the search for truth through the clash of opposing ideas. – Hegel

The concept of freedom is the driving force behind human progress. – Hegel

To understand is to forgive. – Hegel