“The most obvious symptoms of an epoch-making system are the misunderstandings and the awkward conduct of its adversaries.”

When we look at the world rationally, the world looks rationally back.

The spirit is never at rest but always engaged in ever progressive motion, in giving itself a new form.

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.

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

The important question of how poverty can be remedied is one which agitates and torments modern societies especially.

Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.

Art is the sensuous presentation of ideas.

The one who merely flees is not yet free. In fleeing he is still conditioned by that from which he flees.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Every consciousness pursues the death of the other.

America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World’s History shall reveal itself.

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.

Art does not simply reveal God: it is one of the ways in which God reveals, and thus actualizes, himself.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

World history is a court of judgment.

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained.

Mistakes are the pillar of success.

Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them birds. Yeah, they’re birds now.

The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing.

Mistakes were made. Mine was, believing that you loved me & yours, well you know what you did.

Never think about the mistakes you made. Think about the mistakes you will make.

History is just new people making old mistakes.

When you hurry you’re more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you’re not quick you can’t get things done.

Don’t be afraid to learn from others mistakes, and take bits of useful information or ideas that help you get better at what you do.