"The individual has to pass through a long process of education before he is able to grasp the Notion."

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

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

"The individual, in so far as he is a particular being, is concerned with his own particular interest."

"The individual, for as much as he is a particular, is a natural being."