Destiny is consciousness of oneself, but consciousness of oneself as an enemy.

What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his stand,and from it philosophy starts in its study of the universe of mind as well as the universe of nature.

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

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.

Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far possesses, conforms precisely to the state of the world as he so far views it