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."

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“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Peace

All Quotes by Friedrich Schiller

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Time

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Change

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Society

“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

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Power

“Art is the daughter of freedom.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Art

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

— Friedrich Schiller

Beauty

“A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Wedding

“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Great

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

— Friedrich Schiller

History

“Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Power

“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

“Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Age

“Will it, and set to work briskly.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Work

“The strong man is strongest when alone.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Alone

“Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Wisdom

“Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on its delight is murder, and its end is despair.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Food

“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Peace

“The will of man is his happiness.”

— Friedrich Schiller

Happiness