Friedrich Schiller Quotes

Utility is the great idol of the time, for which all powers slave and all talents must pay homage.

life is earnest, art is gay

It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.

As 'twas in the times of old 'tis now, The sword is the sceptre, and all must bow.

Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told me in my childhood than any truth that is taught in life.

Orang yang tidak berani berbuat apa-apa tidak boleh mengharapkan apa-apa.

The poet is the only true human being, and the best philosopher is only a caricature in comparison.

What are hopes, what are plans?

Freundlos war der große Weltenmeister,
Fühlte Mangel - darum schuf er Geister.
Sel'ge Spiegel seiner Seligkeit!
Fand das höchste Wesen schon kein gleiches,
Aus dem Kelch des ganzen Seelenreiches
Schäumt ihm - die Unendlichkeit.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.

From the fields and from the vineyards
Came no fruits to deck the feats,
Only flesh of blood-stained victims
Smouldered on the altar-fires,
And whe'er the grieving goddess
Turns her melancholy gaze,
Sunk in vilest degradation,
Man his loathsomeness displays.

Death is not too high a price for this — This taste of heaven —

Extinguióse ya la viva y brillante centella de Prometeo, y le ha sustituido la de los pirotécnicos... fuego artificial, que ni aun encender puede una pipa de tabaco.

Nichtswürdig ist die Nation, die nicht Ihr Alles freudig setzt an ihre Ehre!