The substance, the essence, the Spirit is freedom.

Philosophy is the history of philosophy.

Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.

The spirit is never at rest, but always engaged in progressive motion, giving itself new form.

The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.