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When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

Friedrich Schiller
Happiness, Thinking, Not Happy

Weep, for the light is dead.

Friedrich Schiller
Light, Darkness
Friedrich Schiller (1844). “Sammlung”, p.203

Forgiveness is the divinest of victories.

Friedrich Schiller
Forgiveness, Victory

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Friedrich Schiller
Leadership, Patience, Learning

The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.

Friedrich Schiller
Past, Forever, Stills

Great souls endure in silence.

Friedrich Schiller
Silence, Soul, Endure
Friedrich Schiller (1861). “Complete works. Ed. with careful rev. and new tr., by C.J. Hempel”, p.295

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

Friedrich Schiller
Giving Up, Men, Dignity

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

Friedrich Schiller
Freedom, Voice, Libertarian Party
"A Dictionary of Thoughts : Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors, Both Ancient and Modern" edited by Tryon Edwards, (p. 324), 1891.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

Friedrich Schiller
Fighting, Stupidity, Vain

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

Friedrich Schiller
Inspirational, Dream, Dare

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Friedrich Schiller
Spiritual, Spring, Destiny
Early Dramas The Death of Wallenstein Act II, Scene III

Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.

Friedrich Schiller
Friendship, Feelings, Friends Show

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Friedrich Schiller
Happiness, You Make Me Happy, Endurance
Friedrich Schiller (2015). “Aesthetical Essays of Schiller: Top Classic of German”, p.113, 谷月社

There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.

Friedrich Schiller
More To Life, Pleasant

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

Friedrich Schiller
Hate, Hatred, Joy

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

Friedrich Schiller
Time, Focus And Concentration, Loser

Did you think the lion was sleeping because he didn't roar?

Friedrich Schiller
Sleep, Thinking, Lions
"The Conspiracy of Fiesco" by Friedrich Schiller, Act I, sc. xviii, 1783.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Friedrich Schiller
Greatness, Guilt, Criminals

If you wish to know yourself observe how others act. If you wish to understand others look into your own heart.

Friedrich Schiller
Heart, Knowledge, Wish

Honor women! they entwine and weave heavenly roses in our earthly life.

Friedrich Schiller
Women, Rose, Honor

What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.

Friedrich Schiller
Hope, Voice, Soul
"Hope". Poem by Friedrich Schiller, 1797.

Keep true to the dreams of your youth.

Friedrich Schiller
Inspiring, Graduation, Dream

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Friedrich Schiller
Strong, Unity, Uniting

Truth lives on in the midst of deception.

Friedrich Schiller
Truth, Deception, Midst
Friedrich Schiller, Elizabeth Mary Wilkinson, Leonard Ashley Willoughby (1967). “Schiller: Aesthetic education”, Oxford University Press, USA

Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

Friedrich Schiller
Positive, Inspiration, Acceptance

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