15 Quotes by Friedrich Von Schiller

There are three lessons I would write-Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,Upon the heart of men.Have hope! though clouds environ round,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the shadow from thy brow,No night but hath its morn.Have love! not love alone for one, But man as man thy brother call,And scatter like the circling sun,Thy charities on all.

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.

Freundlos war der große Weltenmeister,Fühlte Mangel - darum schuf er Geister.Sel'ge Spiegel seiner Seligkeit!Fand das höchste Wesen schon kein gleiches,Aus dem Kelch des ganzen SeelenreichesSchäumt ihm - die Unendlichkeit.

To save all we must risk all.

Nicht an die Güter hänge dein Herz,Die das Leben vergänglich zieren!Wer besitzt, der lerne verlieren,Wer im Glück ist, der lerne den Schmerz!

Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.