Friedrich Schiller Quotes

Image, What is the short meaning of the long speech?

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What is the short meaning of the long speech?

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.

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In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it

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The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Speech is always bolder than action.

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Speech is always bolder than action.

—Friedrich Schiller

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Image, There is a nobility in the world of manners.

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There is a nobility in the world of manners.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, It is well for a man when he has learned to endure

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It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, To be man’s tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature

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To be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Even the weak become strong when they are united.

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Even the weak become strong when they are united.

—Friedrich Schiller

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Image, Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!

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Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the

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I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Secrecy is for the happy,–misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under

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Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep

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

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Have faith! where’er thy bark is driven, ‘The calm’s disport, the tempest’s

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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.

—Friedrich Schiller

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Image, Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have

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Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, When the Gods were more manlike, Men were more Godlike.

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When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Fate hath no voice but the heart’s impulse.

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Fate hath no voice but the heart's impulse.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.

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Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

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The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, While the womanly God demands our veneration, the Godlike woman kindles our

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While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows.

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The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Wouldst thou wisely, and with pleasure, Pass the days of life’s short

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Wouldst thou wisely, and with pleasure, Pass the days of life's short measure, From the slow one counsel take, But a tool of him ne'er make; Ne'er as friend the swift one know, Nor the constant one as foe.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The history of the world is the world’s court of justice.

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The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

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The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

—Friedrich Schiller

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

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

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Nature’s calm rotation.

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Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Nature's calm rotation. Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll In the great Time-piece of Creation.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth, To the eternal

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Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth, To the eternal sun, I render back These atoms, joined in me for pain and pleasure.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet

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It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you

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It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

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The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.

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Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Dear is my friend–yet from my foe, as from my friend, comes

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Dear is my friend--yet from my foe, as from my friend, comes good: My friend shows what I can do, and my foe what I should.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Every man stamps his value on himself… man is made great or small by his own will.

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Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new

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Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new necessities; the fetters of the physical close more tightly around us, so that the fear of loss quenches even the ardent impulse toward improvement, and the maxims of passive obedience are held to be the highest wisdom of life.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.

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The very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Day’s lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.

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Day's lustrous eyes grow heavy in sweet death.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, As soon as I have begun to fear I have ceased to fear.

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As soon as I have begun to fear I have ceased to fear.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.

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Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, O the eye’s light is a noble gift of Heaven! All beings

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O the eye's light is a noble gift of Heaven! All beings live from light, each fair created thing; the very plants turn with a joyful transport to the light.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

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Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and

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Whatever lives, lives to die in sorrow. We engage our hearts, and grasp after the things of this world, only to undergo the pang of losing them.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou tallest new flowers to birth.

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Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou tallest new flowers to birth.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Thus Arm in Arm with thee I dare defy my century into the lists.

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Thus Arm in Arm with thee I dare defy my century into the lists.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man’s unguarded

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There are evil spirits who suddenly fix their abode in man's unguarded breast, causing us to commit devilish deeds, and then, hurrying back to their native hell, leave behind the stings of remorse in the poisoned bosom.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

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The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets.

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I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Truth lives on in the midst of deception….

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Truth lives on in the midst of deception....

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, O tender yearning, sweet hoping! The golden time of first love! The

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O tender yearning, sweet hoping! The golden time of first love! The eye sees the open heaven, The heart is intoxicated with bliss; O that the beautiful time of young love Could remain green forever.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

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The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please

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If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. –

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If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Joy, in Nature’s wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And

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Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And 'tis joy that moves the pinion When the wheel of time goes round.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.

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I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.

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Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought,

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Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

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He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Joy, thou spark from Heav’n immortal, Daughter of Elysium! Drunk with fire,

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Joy, thou spark from Heav'n immortal, Daughter of Elysium! Drunk with fire, toward Heaven advancing Goddess, to thy shrine we come. Thy sweet magic brings together What stern Custom spreads afar; All men become brothers Where thy happy wing-beats are.

—Friedrich Schiller

Image, Weep, for the light is dead.

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Weep, for the light is dead.

—Friedrich Schiller