| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | Hegel |
| | | A thing is what it is, only in and by means of its limit. | 1 |
| Alles, was ist, ist vernünftig—Everything which is, is agreeable to reason. | 2 |
| Christianity is a religion that can make men good, only if they are good already. | 3 |
| Der Muth der Wahrheit ist die erste Bedingung des philosophischen Studiums—The courage of truth is the first qualification for philosophic study. | 4 |
| He who wills all, wills in effect nothing, and brings it to nothing. | 5 |
| The courage (Muth) of truth is the first condition of philosophic study. | 6 |
| The spirit is higher than nature. | 7 |
| The spiritual is higher than the external; the spiritual cannot be externally authenticated. | 8 |
| The valour that struggles is better than the weakness that endures. | 9 |
| Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist vernünftig—What is rational is actual; and what is actual is rational. | 10 |
| We must hold by what is definite, and not split up our strength in many directions. | 11 |
| What a man does, that he is. | 12 |
| Willst du leben, musst du dienen; willst du frei sein, musst du sterben—Wouldst thou love, thou must serve; would thou be free, thou must die. | 13 | | |
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