To one, science is an exalted goddess; to another it is a cow which provides him with butter.
Friedrich SchillerAesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
Friedrich SchillerEven now, nature is the only flame, on which the poetic spirit feeds; from it alone it draws all its power, to it alone it speaks even in the artificial, in the man engaged in culture.
Friedrich SchillerThe rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
Friedrich SchillerHistory, insofar as it accustoms human beings to comprehend the whole of the past and to hasten forward with its conclusions into the far future, conceals the boundaries of birth and death, which enclose the life of the human being so narrowly and oppressively, and with a kind of optical illusion, expands his short existence into endless space, leading the individual imperceptibly over into humanity.
Friedrich SchillerEver building, building to the clouds, still building higher, and never reflecting that the poor narrow basis cannot sustain the giddy tottering column.
Friedrich SchillerMan only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
Friedrich SchillerFuturity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood.
Friedrich SchillerIf you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.
Friedrich SchillerIf you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all.
Friedrich SchillerIt is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.
Friedrich SchillerTo be man's tender mate was woman born, and in obeying nature she best serves the purposes of heaven.
Friedrich SchillerUtility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Friedrich SchillerAnyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
Friedrich SchillerOnly those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Friedrich SchillerEverlastingly chained to a single little fragment of the Whole, man himself develops into nothing but a fragment; everlastingly in his ear the monotonous sound of the wheel that he turns, he never develops the harmony of his being, and instead of putting the stamp of humanity upon his own nature, he becomes nothing more than the imprint of his occupation or of his specialized knowledge.
Friedrich Schiller