Owl Of Minerva Quotes & Sayings

One more word about giving instruction as to what the world ought to be. Philosophy in any case always comes on the scene too late to give it. As the thought of the world, it appears only when actuality is already there cut and dried after its process of formation has been completed ...
When philosophy paints its grey in grey, then has a shape of life grown old. By philosophy's grey in grey it cannot be rejuvenated but only understood. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The pedestal is immobilizing and subtly insulting whether or not some women yet realize it. We must move up from the pedestal. — Wilma Scott Heide

As Hegel put it, only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight. Only in extinction is the collector comprehend. — Walter Benjamin

You cannot have a happy ending to a miserable journey. — Esther Hicks

You never should feel like you've grown up because then you've stopped learning and you've stopped getting the best things out of life. — Lights

Understanding is always in some sense retrospective, which is what Hegel meant by remarking that the owl of Minerva flies only at night. — Terry Eagleton

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. — Jacob G. Hornberger

Keep people in your life who truly love you, motivate you, and make you happy. If you know people who do none of these things, let them go. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards) Dear Mr. Potter, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31. Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress — J.K. Rowling

The owl of Minerva begins its flight only with the coming of the dusk. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Terror of being found out is not always a preservative, it sometimes hurries on the act which it ought to prevent ... — Margaret Oliphant