Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schillerwas a German poet, philosopher, physician, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life, Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1759
CountryGermany
The will of man is his happiness.
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
A healthy nature needs no God or immortality
The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Where there is much freedom there is much error.
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.
The dignity of man into your hands is given; Oh, keep it well, with you it sinks or lifts itself to heaven.
If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.
Deep meaning lies often in childish play.
Modest humility is beauty's crown.
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.