Hegel’s ten famous sayings are as follows:

1. Existence is reasonable.

2. The ignorant is the least free, because he has to face a completely dark world.

3. Only when a nation has a group of people who look up to the stars can they have hope.

4. Personality is like white paper. Once polluted, it will never be as white as before.

5. History is a pile of ashes, but there is residual warmth deep in the ashes.

6. We can conclude that without passion, no great undertaking can be accomplished.

7. To only torture oneself is unrequited love; to only torture others is sadism; torturing others and oneself even more is love.

8. Man should respect himself and regard himself as worthy of the most noble things.

9. In pure light, just like in pure darkness, nothing can be seen clearly.

10. Only those who lie in the pit and never look up to the sky will never fall into the pit again.

Introduction to Hegel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) ) is a German philosopher who is considered one of the representatives of German classical philosophy and the pinnacle of idealist philosophy in the 19th century. His ideas had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, political theory, literature and art.

Hegel was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany. His father originally wanted him to become a priest, but he himself had a strong interest in philosophy and theology. When Hegel was studying at the University of Tübingen, he was influenced by the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, but he was not satisfied with Kant's ideas and tried to develop his own philosophical system.