457 Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Modest humility is beauty's crown.

Far must thy researches go Wouldst thou learn the world to know; Thou must tempt the dark abyss Wouldst thou prove what Being is; Naught but firmness gains the prize, Naught but fullness makes us wise, Buried deep truth e'er lies.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.

Courage, ne'er by sorrow broken! Aid where tears of virtue flow; Faith to keep each promise spoken! Truth alike to friend and foe!

The brave person thinks of himself last of all.

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

I am my own heaven and hell!

The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.