"Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought"
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
About this Quote
The quote recommends that those who are thought about "males of action," or people who take initiative in producing modification, are really just instruments of the minds of thinkers and intellectuals. The ramification is that real modification and development come from those who can believe deeply and critically, instead of those who simply act without cautious consideration.
"One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has"
"Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth"
