Man 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 Schiller
The strong man is strongest when alone.
In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
Art is the daughter of freedom.
I am better than my reputation.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
The history of the world is the world's court of justice.
The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.
The key to education is the experience of beauty.
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
With stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
The universe is one of God's thoughts.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
Freedom can occur only through education.
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
Great souls suffer in silence.
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
Will it, and set to work briskly.
To save all we must risk all.
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
Votes should be weighed not counted.
