457 Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new necessities; the fetters of the physical close more tightly around us, so that the fear of loss quenches even the ardent impulse toward improvement, and the maxims of passive obedience are held to be the highest wisdom of life.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

Weep, for the light is dead.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

The world's history is the world's judgment.