 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. |
| The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many. |
| Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. |
| Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me. |
| To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual. |
| Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help. |
| 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. |
| Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. |
| I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. |
| The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. |
| Education is the art of making man ethical. |
| 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. |
| An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think. |
| Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. |
| Too fair to worship, too divine to love. |
| World history is a court of judgment. |
| Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. |
| The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. |
| It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value. |
