Friedrich von Schiller Quotes on Society
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Man is created free, and is free, Though he be born in chains.
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We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissable, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century?
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The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.
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Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
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Appearance rules the world.
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Freedom can occur only through education.
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In the society where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.
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It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
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The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
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Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.