3 Friedrich von Schiller Quotes on Intellect

Friedrich von Schiller quotes on intellect

49. The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error.

    Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

85. The reason passes, like the heart, through certain epochs and transitions, but its development is not so often portrayed. Men seem to have been satisfied with unfolding the passions in their extremes, their aberration, and their results, without considering how closely they are bound up with the intellectual constitution of the individual.

113. It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in.

     Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.