Quotes By Friedrich Schiller

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

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

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.

Will it, and set to work briskly.

To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.

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.

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.

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.

The will of man is his happiness.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

I am better than my reputation.

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

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.