Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller 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 loss giving culture Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life. Friedrich Schiller fairy-tale childhood taught Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. Friedrich Schiller rhetoric persuasive power 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. Friedrich Schiller joy beautiful beauty It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long. Friedrich Schiller wise advice long He who considers too much will perform little. Friedrich Schiller too-much action littles The will of man is his happiness. Friedrich Schiller willpower happiness men A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence. Friedrich Schiller merit soul beautiful Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. Friedrich Schiller stakes honor doe On the mountains there is freedom! Friedrich Schiller mountain perfect men Gray hairs are death's blossoms. Friedrich Schiller gray vanity hair Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood. Friedrich Schiller stars prayer dream Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its own avenging angel,--dark misgivings at the inmost heart. Friedrich Schiller angel dark heart To one, science is an exalted goddess; to another it is a cow which provides him with butter. Friedrich Schiller goddess cows science Man is made of the wholly common, and custom is his nurse; woe then to them who lay irreverent hands on his old house-furniture, the dear inheritance from his forefathers: For time consecrates, and what is gray with age becomes religion. Friedrich Schiller nurse men hands It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so. Friedrich Schiller majority literature doe Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts. Friedrich Schiller guardianship abandon satisfied Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. Friedrich Schiller converting opposition literature Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn. Friedrich Schiller hopeful clouds night If you would attain to your highest, go look upon a flower;what the flower does willessly, that do willingly. Friedrich Schiller flower doe looks
