Friedrich von Schiller ( 10 of 13 )
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions read more
The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Dare to be wrong and to dream.
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write, read more
Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write, Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light, Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put off the shadow from thy brow: No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven - The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven, The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one, But man, as man, thy brother call; And scatter, like a circling sun, Thy charities on all.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes read more
Anyone taken as an individual, is tolerably sensible and reasonable- as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.