An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said that it is essentially a result, that only in the end is it what it truly is; and that precisely in this consists its nature, viz. to be actual, subject, the spontaneous becoming of itself.

When we walk the streets at night in safety, it does not strike us that this might be otherwise. This habit of feeling safe has become second nature, and we do not reflect on just how this is due solely to the working of special institutions. Commonplace thinking often has the impression that force holds the state together, but in fact its only bond is the fundamental sense of order which everybody possesses.

God is the absolute truth...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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

No man is a hero to his valet de chamber