Full Idea
We Germans are Hegelians insofar as we instinctively attribute a deeper sense and richer value to becoming and development than to what 'is'.
Gist of Idea
We Germans value becoming and development more highly than mere being of what 'is'
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §357)
Book Reference
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.306
A Reaction
I always doubt Nietzsche's claims about 'we Germans' or 'we philosophers'. They say that, intellectually, everyone is either French or German, and my immediate response was to embrace being German. So becoming is where it's at.