Friedrich Schiller

Have faith! where'er thy bark is driven,—
'The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth,—
Know this! God rules the host of heaven,
The inhabitants of earth.

De behoefte om welgevallig te zijn onderwerpt de machtige aan het fijnzinnige oordeel van de smaak; de lust kan hij stelen, maar de liefde moet een geschenk zijn.

Voy acercándome al término a que quería conduciros por tan árido sendero. Permitidme que sigamos un corto trecho de camino, y se abrirá una amplia perspectiva, un alegre panorama, que nos recompensará quizá del esfuerzo realizado

Wage Du zu irren und zu träumen!

The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.

Everlastingly chained to a single little fragment of the Whole, man himself develops into nothing but a fragment; everlastingly in his ear the monotonous sound of the wheel that he turns, he never develops the harmony of his being, and instead of putting the stamp of humanity upon his own nature, he becomes nothing more than the imprint of his occupation or of his specialized knowledge.

Liebe ist nur dem bekannt, der hoffnungslos in der Liebe beharrt

Self Confidence has always been the parent of great actions.

"Basely indeed they may behave to us,
But they cannot debase us."

Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller
Act 1, Scene 2

life is earnest, art is gay

It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.

Be embraced, ye millions!
This kiss is for the whole world!
Brothers, above the arch of stars
A loving Father surely dwells.

So it has reached this pass? Obedience and fear take flight together?

To save all we must risk all.

Let not thy heart cling to the things which for so short a time deck out thy life. Let him who has, learn to lose, and him who is happy, familiarise himself with what may give pain.