Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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The charm of beauty lies in its mystery; if we unravel the subtle weave that links its elements, the entire essence evaporates.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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Only those who love without hope truly know love.

Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

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There is no man who, if he can achieve the maximum, will settle for the minimum.

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt

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Internet is the first thing that humanity has built and doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.

Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt

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Sovereign is the one who decides on the state of emergency.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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Being prepared is important, knowing how to wait is even more so, but seizing the right moment is the key to life.

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler

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The strength of character often amounts to nothing more than weakness of feelings.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is a door.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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In fighting against anguish one never produces serenity; the fight against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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All the pains that distance us are lost pains.

Simone Weil

Simone Weil

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To kill with the mind everything that is loved: the only way to die.