In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you. Friedrich Schiller seducingyouthtime The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go. Friedrich Schiller doneworkmay Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing. Friedrich Schiller righteousforcecauses Stern is the visage of necessity. Friedrich Schiller Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains. Friedrich Schiller bornfreedommen The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty. Friedrich Schiller dischargedutyhappiness 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 spacehistorypast We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century? Friedrich Schiller circlescuttingmen I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved. Friedrich Schiller loveromanticworld Obedience decks the Christian most. Friedrich Schiller deckobediencechristian To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise. Friedrich Schiller wisedreaminspirational Without a home must the soldier go, a changeful wanderer, and can warm himself at no home-lit hearth. Friedrich Schiller litsoldierhome It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom... Friedrich Schiller wisdomwiselove The brave person thinks of himself last of all. Friedrich Schiller brave-personlaststhinking The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies. Friedrich Schiller zealhateenemy 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 spydoneworld Time is a blooming field: nature is ever teeming with life: and all is seed, and all is fruit. Friedrich Schiller bloomingfieldstime The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages. Friedrich Schiller powerliteratureworld Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods. Friedrich Schiller fightingidolsmen 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 lighteyeheaven
