Friedrich von Schiller Quotes on Wisdom
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There are three lessons I would write, Three words as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men.
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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yield! Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain. Exalted reason, Resplendent daughter of the head divine, Wise foundress of the system of the world, Guide of the stars, who art thou then if thou, Bound to the tail of folly's uncurbed steed, Must, vainly shrieking with the drunken crowd, Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss. Accursed, who striveth after noble ends, And with deliberate wisdom forms his plans! To the fool-king belongs the world.
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They have founded the whole structure of their happiness on these very illusions, which ought to be combated and dissipated by the light of knowledge, and they would think they were paying too dearly for a truth which begins by robbing them of all that has value in their sight. It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom: a truth that was felt at once by him to whom philosophy owes its name.
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Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.
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A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.
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Every true genius is bound to be naive.
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
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Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
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It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
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Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.
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Votes should be weighed not counted.