World history is a court of judgment.

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

All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real.

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.