Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

30 quotes

As a German playwright, Friedrich Schiller earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. Whether reflecting on Freedom or Wisdom, Friedrich Schiller brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Our collection holds 39 quotes from Friedrich Schiller, each offering a different angle on Freedom, Wisdom, Society, Power, and Inspirational. Consider this gem from Friedrich Schiller: "In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully."

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Society

All Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

“The history of the world is the world's court of justice.”

— Friedrich Schiller

History

“There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Love

“Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Change

“Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Wisdom

“Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Time

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Society

“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Hope

“Keep true to the dreams of your youth.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Dreams

“Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Power

“The strong man is strongest when alone.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Alone

“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Peace

“Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Knowledge

“They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Wisdom

“Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Art

“The key to education is the experience of beauty.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Beauty

“Every true genius is bound to be naive.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Intelligence

“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Best

“Art is the daughter of freedom.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Art

“The will of man is his happiness.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Happiness

“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Power