Quotes By Friedrich Schiller

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

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

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

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

I am better than my reputation.

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

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

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

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

Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.

To save all we must risk all.

There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

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

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

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

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

Will it, and set to work briskly.

Great souls suffer in silence.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.