Only one man ever understood me, and he didn't understand me.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

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

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

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

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