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Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Keep true to the dreams
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 Quotes: Joy is the mainspring in
If you want to know yourself,
Just look how others do it;
If you want to understand others,
Look into your own heart.
What is life without the radiance of love?
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: If you want to know
We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: We, we live! ours are
Strange customs do not thrive in foreign soil.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Strange customs do not thrive
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Lose not yourself in a
The lemonade is weak, like your soul.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The lemonade is weak, like
It is a ring that makes a marriage and it is from rings that chains are made.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: It is a ring that
To be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: To be man's tender mate
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: A brave man hazards life,
It is through beauty that we arrive at freedom.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: It is through beauty that
Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Love is only known by
Satisfy a few to please many is bad.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Satisfy a few to please
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 Quotes: It is well for a
Mazarin shed tears over this great loss, which Conde, who had no feeling for anything but glory, disregarded. "A single night in Paris," said he, "gives birth to more men than this action has destroyed.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Mazarin shed tears over this
O'er Ocean, with a thousand masts, sails forth the stripling bold-
One boat, hard rescued from the deep, draws into port the old!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: O'er Ocean, with a thousand
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: That which is so universal
The child of nature, when he breaks loose, becomes a madman; but the art scholar, when he breaks loose, becomes a debased character.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The child of nature, when
The first great law is to obey.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The first great law is
O that it might remain eternally green,
The beautiful time of youthful love.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: O that it might remain
Never the grave gives back what it has won!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Never the grave gives back
Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Nothing leads to good that
Song forbids victorious deeds to die.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Song forbids victorious deeds to
Stern is the visage of necessity.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Stern is the visage of
A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: A virtuous name is the
When the measured dance of the hours brings back the happy smile of spring, the buried dead is born again in the life-glance of the sun. The germs which perished to the eye within the cold breast of the earth spring up with joy in the bright realm of day.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: When the measured dance of
Not he who scorns the Saviour's yoke Should wear his cross upon the heart.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Not he who scorns the
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Of all the possessions of
Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Genuine morality is preserved only
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The brave person thinks of
I feel that I am a man of destiny.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: I feel that I am
Honor women! they entwine and weave heavenly roses in our earthly life.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Honor women! they entwine and
Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Cling to thy native land,
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: A noble heart will always
Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Whoever fails to turn aside
Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Illusion is brief, but repentance
The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The iron chain and the
There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: There are occasions when the
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Mankind is made great or
What's old collapses, times change, and new life blossoms in the ruins.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: What's old collapses, times change,
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Art is the right hand
Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Men show no mercy and
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Posterity weaves no garlands for
The reason for you complaint lies, it seems to me, in the constraint which your intellect imposes upon your imagination. Here I will make an observation, and illustrate it by an allegory. Apparently, it is not good-and indeed it hinders the creative work of the mind-if the if the intellect examines too closely the ideas pouring in, as it were, at the gates.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The reason for you complaint
The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The worst of me is
Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Forgiveness is the divinest of
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 Quotes: O the eye's light is
Sentimental poetry differs from naive poetry in that it relates the real state at which the latter stops to ideas and applies ideas to that reality.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Sentimental poetry differs from naive
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Against stupidity the very gods
Spring flies, and with it all the train it leads; and flowers, in fading, leave us but their seeds.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Spring flies, and with it
Speech is always bolder than action.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Speech is always bolder than
Life is earnest, art is gay.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Life is earnest, art is
O friends, no more these sounds!
Let us sing more cheerful songs, more full of joy!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: O friends, no more these
When I hate I rob myself of something; but when I love I become richer by the object I love.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: When I hate I rob
Love can sun the realms of night.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Love can sun the realms
There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: There is more to life
Misery travels free through the whole world!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Misery travels free through the
Freedom can occur only through education.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Freedom can occur only through
In the case of the creative mind, it seems to me, the intellect has withdrawn its watchers from the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell, and only then does it review and inspect the multitude. You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found in all real creators, the longer or shorter duration of which distinguishes the thinking artist from the dreamer. Hence your complaints of unfruitfulness, for you reject too soon and discriminate too severely.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: In the case of the
There is no solitude in nature.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: There is no solitude in
Love is the reward of love ...
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Love is the reward of
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Power is the most persuasive
Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Think with awe on the
When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: When the gods were more
The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The Moor has done his
Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken!
He, that noble prize possessing He that boasts a friend that's true, He whom woman's love is blessing, Let him join the chorus too!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: He, that noble prize possessing
I am my own heaven and hell!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: I am my own heaven
It seems a bad thing and detrimental to the creative work of the mind if Reason makes to close an examination of the ideas as they come pouring in -at the very gateway, as it were. Looked at in isolation, a thought may seem very trivial or very fantastic; but it may be made important by another thought that comes after it, and in conjunction with other thoughts that may seem equally absurd, it may serve to form a most effective link. Reason cannot form any opinion on all this unless it retains the thought long enough to look at it in connection with the others. On the other hand, where there is a creative mind, Reason -so it seems to me- relaxes its watch upon the gates, and the ideas rush in pell-mell, and only then does it look them through and examine them in a mass.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: It seems a bad thing
What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: What the inner voice says
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Grace is the beauty of
If you wish to know yourself observe how others act.
If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: If you wish to know
Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Gray hairs are death's blossoms.
What is the short meaning of the long speech?
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: What is the short meaning
O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times?
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: O who knows what slumbers
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The future comes slowly, the
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: It is often wise to
Glory to Women! They weave and entwine heavenly roses into an earthly life.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Glory to Women! They weave
Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Emulation is a noble and
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: In the society, where people
Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Vast, colossal destiny, which raises
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: To gain a crown by
Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our dangers.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Our safety is not in
Appearance rules the world.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Appearance rules the world.
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Youth covets; let not this
History, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forward with its conclusions into the far future, conceals the boundaries of birth and death, which enclose the life of the human being so narrowly and oppressively, and with a kind of optical illusion, expands his short existence into endless space, leading the individual imperceptibly over into humanity.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: History, insofar as it accustoms
Fear of death is worse than dying.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Fear of death is worse
Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Did you think the lion
Genuine art . . . does not have as its object a mere transitory game. Its serious purpose is not merely to translate the human being into a momentary dream of freedom, but actually to MAKE him free.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Genuine art . . .
Obedience decks the Christian most.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Obedience decks the Christian most.
If thou art something bring thy soul and interchange with mine. - Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: If thou art something bring
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Not without a shudder may
Have Love. Not love alone for one, but man as man they brother call; and scatter like the circling sun thy charities on all.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Have Love. Not love alone
The concrete life of the individual is destroyed in order that the abstract idea of the whole may drag out its sorry existence.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: The concrete life of the
Time is a blooming field: nature is ever teeming with life: and all is seed, and all is fruit.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Time is a blooming field:
He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: He cannot complain of a
Truth is more than a dream and a song.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Truth is more than a
In order to detain the fleeting apparition, he must enchain it in the fetters of rule, dissect its fair proportions into abstract notions, and preserve its living spirit in a fleshless skeleton of words.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: In order to detain the
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Friedrich Schiller Quotes: Utility is the great idol
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 Quotes: There are evil spirits who
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