"Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature." ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Topic(s): Nature More From Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel "Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought." "The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom." "Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion." More In Nature "The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it."― John Stuart Mill "There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."― Edouard Manet "In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will."― Alexander Hamilton