"The truth is in the movement."

"The world spirit is a spirit that does not suffer itself to be confined to one nation, but passes from nation to nation, from period to period."

"The famous principle, 'Know thyself,' is not merely an exhortation to self-knowledge, but also, and more fundamentally, a demand for knowledge of the nature of Spirit."

"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."