"The development of the world is the development of the idea of freedom."

"Man is a thinking being, a being that thinks."

"The great man of the age is the one who can put into words the will of his age, its meaning, and translate it into action."

"The famous principle, 'Know thyself,' is not merely an exhortation to self-knowledge, but also, and more fundamentally, a demand for knowledge of the nature of Spirit."

"The Absolute is the process of its own becoming."