"Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine"
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
About this Quote
This quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel encourages us to pursue excellence in all elements of our lives. He suggests that living a life that is gentle and moral is enough, but if we wish to reach the greatest levels of art and science, we need to likewise have something divine. This could imply that we need to believe something higher than ourselves, or that we must make every effort to reach a greater level of understanding and understanding. Schlegel is recommending that we should not be content with simply living an ethical life, but need to aim to reach our highest capacity. He is motivating us to reach for the stars and to never give up on our dreams. By trusting something higher than ourselves, we can reach the highest levels of art and science.
"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"