Quotes from Friedrich von Schiller

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

The will of man is his happiness.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

I am better than my reputation.

His saying was: live and let live.

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue

When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath - or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help!

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet

A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms...

In today already walks tomorrow.

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunder-storm is to the air.

With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.

The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.

Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.

The finer impulse of our nature.