Quote #124
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Friedrich von Schiller
- No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
- Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
- Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
- Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
- Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
- Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.
- Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
- Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.