More from Friedrich Schiller
It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Vast, colossal destiny, which raises man to fame, though it may also grind him to powder!
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The will of man is his happiness.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Man is never so authentically himself as when at play.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller To save all we must risk all.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Art is difficult, transient is her reward.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta I no longer seek the love I think I deserve but rather the love I’ve always deserved.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
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More on existence
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti The problem with tomorrow is that I have never seen a tomorrow. Tomorrow does not exist. Tomorrow only exist in the mind of dreamers and losers.
Robert KiyosakiRobert Kiyosaki Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
Al-GhazaliAl-Ghazali Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once, and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.
Susan SontagSusan Sontag Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wideawake language, cutanddry grammar and goahead plot.
James JoyceJames Joyce Despair exists only when there is hope.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti
