“It was civilization itself which inflicted this wound upon modern man. Once the increase of empirical knowledge, and more exact modes of thought, made sharper divisions between the sciences inevitable, and once the increasingly complex machinery of State necessitated a… — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
“Gegen die Dummheit kämpfen selbst die Götter vergebens ("Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain")” — Friedrich Von Schiller Copy Share Image
“When the Creator banished from his sight Frail man to dark mortality's abode, And granted him a late return to light, Only by treading reason's arduous road,— When each immortal turned his face away, She, the compassionate, alone Took up her dwelling in that house of clay, With the deserted, banished one. With drooping wing she hovers here Around her… — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share
“Our age is enlightened... How is it, then, that we still remain barbarians?” — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
“Man only plays when he is in the fullest sense of the word a human being, and he is only fully a human being… — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air — Friedrich Von Schiller Copy Share Image
Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God — Friedrich Von Schiller Copy Share Image
“The man of courage thinks not of himself. Help the oppressed and put thy trust in God.” — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
“So it has reached this pass? Obedience and fear take flight together?” — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
“Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?” — Friedrich von Schiller Copy Share Image
Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily — Friedrich Von Schiller Copy Share Image
