“The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.”

“When we look at the world rationally, the world looks rationally back.”

“Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.”

“One more word about giving instruction as to what the world ought to be. Philosophy in any case always comes on the scene too late to give it. As the thought of the world, it appears only when actuality is already there cut and dried after its process of formation has been completed... When philosophy paints its grey in grey, then has a shape of life grown old. By philosophy's grey in grey it cannot be rejuvenated but only understood. The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.”

“Every day, every moment, is another step on the journey.”

“Seule la totalite personnifie la verite. Neanmoins, la totalite represente simplement la nature essentielle parvenant a son etat complet au travers du processus de son propre developpement.Il doit etre dit que, fondamentalement, l'Absolu est un resultat, et c'est seulement a la fin qu'il represente ce qu'il est veritablement.”

“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.”