No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

Quote by Friedrich Von Schiller

Topics: Heart Quotes, Power Quotes

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.

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

Against stupidity the very Gods themselves toil in vain.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

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

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

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do...

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

Votes should be weighed, not counted

Votes should be weighed, not counted

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs...

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity...

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

No greater grief than to remember days of gladness when sorrow is at hand

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.

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

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

The zeal of friends it is that knocks me down, and not the hate of...

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor...

I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor...

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...

We have no organ at all for knowledge, for ''truth'': we ''know'' (or believe or...