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Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

Friedrich Schiller
Literature, Natural, Goodness

He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has.

Friedrich Schiller
Acceptance, Moments, Neglect

Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.

Friedrich Schiller
Long, Illusion, Repentance
Friedrich Schiller (1852). “Poems and Ballads ... translated by Sir E. B. Lytton ... With a brief sketch of Schiller's life”, p.199

I have enjoyed the happiness of the world; I have loved.

Friedrich Schiller
Love, Romantic, World

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

Friedrich Schiller
Majority, Doe, Literature

Don't let your heart depend on things That ornament life in a fleeting way! He who possesses, let him learn to lose, He who is fortunate, let him learn pain.

Friedrich Schiller
Pain, Heart, Ornaments
"The Bride of Messina" by Friedrich Schiller, Act IV, sc. iv, 1803.

The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

Friedrich Schiller
Soul, Mind, Eyesight

Appearance rules the world.

Friedrich Schiller
World, Appearance
Friedrich Schiller, Schiller Institute (Washington, D.C.) (1985). “Friedrich Schiller, poet of freedom”

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Friedrich Schiller
Loyalty, Truth, Science

Art is the daughter of freedom.

Friedrich Schiller
Daughter, Mother, Art
Friedrich Schiller, Helga Zepp-LaRouche (2015). “Friedrich Schiller Poet of Freedom Volume I”, p.262, Executive Intelligence Review

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Friedrich Schiller
Courage, Teaching, Learning
"Don Carlos". Play by Friedrich Schiller, 1787.

What is life without the radiance of love?

Friedrich Schiller
Life, Love Life, Radiance
"Wallenstein". Book by Friedrich Schiller translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Part II, Act IV, Scene XII), 1798.

This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.

Friedrich Schiller
Evil, Deeds, Curse

Where there is much freedom there is much error.

Friedrich Schiller
Freedom, Errors

Fear of death is worse than dying.

Friedrich Schiller
Dying, Fear Of Death

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Friedrich Schiller
Faces, Prophet, Historian

He who considers too much will perform little.

Friedrich Schiller
Littles, Too Much, Action
"Wilhelm Tell", III. 1, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 184-87, 1922.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Friedrich Schiller
Inspirational, Success, Self Esteem

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

Friedrich Schiller
Fundamentals, Development, Literature

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

Friedrich Schiller
Literature, Century, Creatures
Friedrich Schiller (2012). “On the Aesthetic Education of Man”, p.54, Courier Corporation

Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good.

Friedrich Schiller
Men, Mind, Excited

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.

Friedrich Schiller
Heart, My Heart, I Can

Votes should be weighed not counted.

Friedrich Schiller
Election, Vote, Should
Friedrich Schiller (1962). “The Bride of Messina: Or, The Enemy Brothers, a Tragedy with Choruses. William Tell. Demetrius; Or, The Blood Wedding in Moscow, a Fragment”

A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.

Friedrich Schiller
Beautiful, Soul, Merit

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Friedrich Schiller
Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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