Quotes By Friedrich Schiller

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

The will of man is his happiness.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

I am better than my reputation.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Freedom can occur only through education.

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

To save all we must risk all.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.