Friedrich Schiller

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

He who considers too much will perform little.

It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

Appearance rules the world.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

The key to education is the experience of beauty.