Friedrich von Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life, Schiller struck up a productive friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; they frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. Wikipedia

Columbus

Steer, bold mariner, on! albeit witlings deride thee, And the steersman drop idly his hand at the helm. Ever and ever to westward! there must the coast be discovered, If it but lie distinct, luminous lie in thy mind. Trust to the God that leads thee, and follow the...

By Friedrich von Schiller
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07 October