The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. Friedrich Schiller More Quotes by Friedrich Schiller More Quotes From Friedrich Schiller The game of life looks cheerful when one carries a treasure safe in his heart. Friedrich Schiller games heart life His saying was: live and let live. Friedrich Schiller live-and-let-live live-life life What is life without the radiance of love? Friedrich Schiller radiance love-life life The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate. Friedrich Schiller fate heart life 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 imagination lying ideas 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 dust names life Will it, and set to work briskly. Friedrich Schiller willpower literature work 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 artist real thinking He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. Friedrich Schiller time inspirational commitment No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny. Friedrich Schiller harsh destiny causes 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 charity brother men Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. Friedrich Schiller historian prophet faces He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate. Friedrich Schiller fate destiny complaining Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will. Friedrich Schiller inspiration acceptance positive Ever building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column. Friedrich Schiller building poor clouds Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. Friedrich Schiller fate wisdom literature One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison. Friedrich Schiller hate hatred joy That which is so universal as death must be a benefit. Friedrich Schiller benefits dying death While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe. Friedrich Schiller demand self god Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. Friedrich Schiller persecution great-people people