Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

The person must give himself an external sphere of freedom in order to have being as Idea.

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

The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the , consciousness of freedom.

History teaches us that man learns nothing from history