"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

"The beautiful is the sensible appearance of the Idea."

"The very fact that something is a datum of consciousness, that it is an 'other', means that it is not absolute."

"The great man of the age is the one who can put into words the will of his age, its meaning, and translate it into action."

"Scepticism is the freedom which thought achieves in itself."