To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

Genuine tragedy is a case not of right against wrong but of right against right - two equally justified ethical principles embodied in people of unchangeable will.

The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the German World knows that All are free. The first political form therefore which we observe in History, is Despotism, the second Democracy and Aristocracy, the third, Monarchy.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study.

Life has value only when it has something valuable as its object.

In a true tragedy, both parties must be right.