J Schiller Quotes & Sayings

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. — Friedrich Schiller

Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse. — Friedrich Schiller

Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good. — Friedrich Schiller

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. — Friedrich Schiller

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. — Friedrich Schiller

Even weak men when united are powerful. — Friedrich Schiller

It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts. — Friedrich Schiller

I am my own heaven and hell! — Friedrich Schiller

There is a nobility in the world of manners. — Friedrich Schiller

With deregulation, one sector of the economy after another is "liberated" to capital's unmonitored authority. The very notion that there is a public interest is contested. — Herbert Schiller

A deep meaning often lies in old customs. — Friedrich Schiller

The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity. — Friedrich Schiller

There's just something so amazing about being anywhere, and some music starts playing, and you just hold up your phone and can find out what it is. You never again have to say, 'That's a great song! Who is it by?' — Phil Schiller

Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire. — Friedrich Schiller

Top 3 favorite books? I love finding really great children's books. My daughter was given "Pickle Chiffon Pie" which is so fantastic. We also love "Tacky the Penguin", and I love "Guji Guji" - all because they teach great life lessons without being teachy. — Abbie Schiller

The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate. — Friedrich Schiller

Life is earnest, art is gay. — Friedrich Schiller

The current Republican Party is not really the Republican Party. It's been hijacked by this group that is not just Islamophobic but, really, xenophobic. They believe in sort of white, middle America, gun-toting - it's scary. They're seriously racist, racist people. — Ron Schiller

A close friend of mine, Annie Leibovitz, who I've known for forty years, photographs celebrities every single day of the week but they all seem to look the same even though she's one of the most creative photographers alive. They all just look the same. Brad Pitt is a great actor but all the pictures of Brad Pitt look the same. — Lawrence Schiller

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods. — Friedrich Schiller

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages. — Friedrich Schiller

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart. — Friedrich Schiller

A girl by any other name still smells as sweet, and, baby, you sure do smell good. — M.K. Schiller

The happy man does not notice the flight of time. — Friedrich Schiller

For manipulation to be most effective, evidence of its presence should be nonexistent ... It is essential, therefore, that people who are manipulated believe in the neutrality of their key social institutions. — Herbert Schiller

I know that we often tremble at an empty terror; yet the false fancy brings a real misery. — Friedrich Schiller

The iPad is far and away the most successful product in its category. — Phil Schiller

Genuine art . . . does not have as its object a mere transitory game. Its serious purpose is not merely to translate the human being into a momentary dream of freedom, but actually to MAKE him free. — Friedrich Schiller

World history is the world's court — Friedrich Schiller

Schiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, 'Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.' I'm no god and I'll contend no longer. — Isaac Asimov