“No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.”
Source: The Works of Frederick Schiller ...: History of the revolt of the Netherlands, continued. Wallenstein and Wilhelm Tell
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Famous Friedrich Schiller Quotes
“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”
“The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.”
“No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand.”
“The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.”
Source: Works
Source: On The Aesthetic Education Of Man
“Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality.”
“Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.”
Source: On The Aesthetic Education Of Man
“It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom...”
“Love guides the stars towards each other, the world plan endures only through love.”
“When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist”
“O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.”
Source: Early Dramas and Romances
“Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?”
Source: Essays
“I am better than my reputation”
Source: Schiller: Volume Two
“Truth lives on in the midst of deception.”
Source: Schiller: Aesthetic education
“Glory to Women! They weave and entwine heavenly roses into an earthly life.”
Source: Friedrich Schiller Poet of Freedom Volume III
“Man is an imitative creature.”
Source: Wallenstein: A Dramatic Poem
“Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?”
“The key to education is the experience of beauty.”
Source: Schiller and Aesthetic Education Today
“A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.”
Source: Schiller's Complete Works
“What's old collapses, times change, And new life blossoms in the ruins.”
“He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.”
“Toil of science swells the wealth of art.”
Source: Complete works. Ed. with careful rev. and new tr., by C.J. Hempel