Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou tallest new flowers to birth. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality. Friedrich Schiller scales perfection reality 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. Friedrich Schiller inspiration night art A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. Friedrich Schiller stupid brave people The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life. Friedrich Schiller lamps genius life No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand. Friedrich Schiller grief life hands What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment. Friedrich Schiller ants together wind Freedom exists only with power. Friedrich Schiller freedom power Honesty prospers in every condition of life. Friedrich Schiller honesty literature life Art is the right hand of Nature. Friedrich Schiller art-is hands art Secrecy is for the happy,--misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly. Friedrich Schiller veils sun needs Satisfy a few to please many is bad. Friedrich Schiller please satisfaction To rankling poison hast thou turned in me the milk of human kindness. Friedrich Schiller milk poison kindness Obedience is the Christian's crown. Friedrich Schiller crowns obedience christian The first great law is to obey. Friedrich Schiller obedience law firsts Misery travels free through the whole world! Friedrich Schiller misery whole world But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides? Friedrich Schiller artist age sides Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it. Friedrich Schiller animal men hands The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results. Friedrich Schiller simple law men An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter. Friedrich Schiller hiring carpenter home In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs. Friedrich Schiller circles growth men
