Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

—Friedrich Schiller

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Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fɔn ˈʃɪlɐ], short: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʃɪlɐ] ; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights. He was one of the most important figures...

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Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

—Friedrich Schiller

Art is the daughter of freedom.

—Friedrich Schiller

There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.

—Friedrich Schiller

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

—Friedrich Schiller

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The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

—Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.

—Charles M. Schulz

It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country,
but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but
one country and mankind its citizens.

—Bahá'u'lláh

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It is lamentable that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Just as the water of the streams we see is small in amount compared to that which flows underground, so the idealism which becomes visible is small in amount compared with what men and women bear locked in their hearts.… To unbind what is bound, to bring the underground waters to the surface: mankind is waiting and longing for such as can do that.

—Albert Schweitzer

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