More from Friedrich Schiller
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller What reason, like the careful ant, draws laboriously together, the wind of accident sometimes collects in a moment.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Even the weak become strong when they are united.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Toil of science swells the wealth of art.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Soon is the struggle past, and to the earth, To the eternal sun, I render back These atoms, joined in me for pain and pleasure.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake it’s all on its honor.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Our safety is not in blindness, but in facing our dangers.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.
Friedrich SchillerFriedrich Schiller
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself.
Kali UchisKali Uchis My course is set for an uncharted sea.
Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things
Rene DescartesRene Descartes I come as a full course meal, I will no longer hand myself out like a menu and wait for people to pick me out.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
Fred RogersFred Rogers A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
Otto von BismarckOtto von Bismarck