Quotes by Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

"Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on orthodoxy   

"Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on patience
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"Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on peace   

"Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on perfection   

"Wise to resolve, patient to perform."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on performance   

"Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on persecution   

"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."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on plays   

"The artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on art   

"As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on art   

"The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on poverty and the poor   

"The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"Power is the most persuasive rhetoric."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on publicity   

"A noble heart will always capitulate to reason."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on reason   

"I am better than my reputation."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on reputation
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"Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on revenge   

"To save all we must risk all."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on risk   

"It is wise to disclose what cannot be concealed."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on secrets   

"Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on self-respect
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"The strong man is strongest when alone."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on solitude
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"Great souls endure in silence."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on soul
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"What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on soul   

"Speech is always bolder than action."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on speech   

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

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on success   

"Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on beauty
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"If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on beauty
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"He that is over -- cautious will accomplish little."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on caution   

"Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on time   

"Truth lives on in the midst of deception."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on truth   

"Even the weak become strong when they are united."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on unity   

"The universe is one of God's thoughts."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on universe   

"In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on vision   

"A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on weddings   

"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"The will of man is his happiness."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"Will it, and set to work briskly."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on power   

"They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on wisdom   

"Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on youth