Quotes from J. C. F. von Schiller

Have hope. Though clouds environs now And gladness hides her face in scorn Put thou the shadow from thy brow - No night but hath its morn.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change!

He who reflects too much will achieve little.

Opposition inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?

There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.

Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change!

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.

What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one breath.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our danger.

Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

I am my own heaven and hell!

He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men.

Everyone will be taxed according to his means.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.

Fear of death is worse than dying.