“Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.”
Author
Friedrich Schiller
30 quotes
“Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.”
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“Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.”
“Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.”
“Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.”
“Mankind is made great or little by its own will.”
“Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.”
“The strong man is strongest when alone.”
“Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.”
“Art is the daughter of freedom.”
“The key to education is the experience of beauty.”
“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”
“That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.”
“Keep true to the dreams of your youth.”
“Freedom can occur only through education.”
“Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on its delight is murder, and its end is despair.”
“The will of man is his happiness.”
“The history of the world is the world's court of justice.”
“Every true genius is bound to be naive.”
“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.”
“There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.”
“Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.”
“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”
“In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.”
“Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.”