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Friedrich Schiller

Quote of Friedrich Schiller - Pain is short, and joy is...


Biography - Friedrich Schiller:

German poet and philosopher.
Born: 1759 - Died: 1805
Period:
19th century
18th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Pain is short, and joy is eternal.



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Quotes for: joy


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Quotes for: joy


I dare to believe that inner joy has some secret power to win the favour of fortune.





The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





A quiet and modest life brings more joy than a pursuit of success bound with constant unrest.





Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.





Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.











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Quotes for: pain


Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.





I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.





Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.





Who fears to suffer, already suffers what he fears.





To tolerate is to take upon oneself; a tolerance that comes into being on the backs of others is no longer tolerance. To tolerate the suffering of others, to tolerate an injustice of which we are not a victim or an atrocity that we are spared is not tolerance but selfishness, indifference, or worse.





I have only one passion, that for light, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and which has the right to happiness.











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Friedrich Schiller also said...


The stars of your destiny are in your heart.





All men will become brothers.





It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.





Simplicity is the result of maturity.





Opposition embitters the enthusiast but never converts him.





The dignity of mankind is in your hands; protect it!
It sinks with you! With you it will ascend.













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