Friedrich von Schiller ( 10 of 13 )
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write, read more
Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write, Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light, Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put off the shadow from thy brow: No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven - The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven, The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one, But man, as man, thy brother call; And scatter, like a circling sun, Thy charities on all.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely read more
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes read more
Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
