A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.
Interpretation
Fulfillment in life comes from having meaningful work and a loving relationship.
This quote by Hegel suggests that true contentment in life is achieved when an individual finds work that aligns with their passions and has a loving partner. It emphasizes the importance of both professional fulfillment and personal relationships in achieving a balanced and satisfying life.
In practice
In a wedding speech, one could say, 'As Hegel suggests, let us celebrate the union of love and the joy of meaningful work that brings happiness to both of your lives.'
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
Every idea, extended into infinity, becomes its own opposite.
If we go on to cast a look at the fate of these World-Historical persons, whose vocation it was to be the agents of the World-Spirit, we shall find it to have been no happy one. They attained no calm enjoyment; their whole life was labour and trouble; their whole nature was nought else but their master—passion. When their object is attained they fall off like empty hulls from the kernel. They die early, like Alexander; they are murdered, like Caesar.
When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like it in its uncontrollable strength.
Fear drives the wretched to prayer
With which stars do they go on speaking,the rivers that never reach the sea?
Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.
Ageing destroys youth, sickness destroys health, degeneration of life destroys all excellent qualities and death destroys life. Even if you are a great runner, you cannot run away from death. you cannot stop death with your wealth, through your magic performances or recitation of mantras or even medicines. Therefore, it is wise to prepare for your death.
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not even justification by good works or by a combination of faith and works. The prevailing notion of justification in our culture today is justification by death. All one has to do to be received into the everlasting arms of God is to die.
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