Quotes by Hegel, Georg

The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in th >>

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consci >>

We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been >>

Quotations about Consequences

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the cons >>

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of conse >>

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences. >>

In history an additional result is commonly produced by human actions beyond that which they aim at and obtain -- that which they immediately recognize and desire. They gratify their own interest; but something further is thereby accomplished, latent in the actions in question, though not present to their consciousness, and not included in their design.

Hegel, Georg