Friedrich Schiller

"Family is where we learn the language of love."

"The mind that is flexible can adapt to any circumstance."

"Death teaches us the value of life better than any philosophy."

"What we give to others returns to us multiplied."

"The human spirit cannot be conquered only by external force."

"Great literature is the conversation of the soul with itself."

"To understand another is to begin to love them."

"The practice of virtue is its own reward."

"In the face of injustice, silence is complicity."

"The creative process mirrors the divine act of creation."

"Peace comes not from avoiding conflict but from mastering it."

"The greatest thing is to make life worth living, not merely to live."

"Man is only truly free when he creates."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to children than in the wisdom of men."

"To will and to work, but not to succeed, is not a failure."

"Art is the only true commerce between all nations and all ages."

"The beautiful is that which gives us disinterested pleasure."

"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands."

"The privilege of the gods is to want nothing, and of kings to want little."

"Man's most noble aspiration is freedom from external constraint."

"What the human heart most craves is meaning."

"The secret of all free institutions is a virtuous and educated people."

"We cannot live only for ourselves alone."

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

"He who knows not where his destination is, no wind is favorable."

"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."

"Time flies like an arrow; hours use their wings to escape."

"Music is to the soul what gymnastics is to the body."