“Wouldst thou other men know, look thou within thine own heart.”

— Friedrich Schiller, Tabulae Votivae (Votive Tablets), 1796, "The Key"

About Friedrich Schiller

1759 – 1805

German poet, playwright and philosopher, author of "The Robbers" and "Ode to Joy".

“A jest loses its point when the jester laughs himself.”

“I know that oft we tremble at an empty terror, but the false phantasm brings a real misery.”

“All men become brothers where thy happy wing-beats are.”

“All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”

“Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers.”

“Self-love is the source of all our other loves.”

“Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man.”

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”

“I only know we loved in vain; I only feel—farewell! farewell!”