Johann David Wyss famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven.
-- Johann David Wyss

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Piglet was so excited at the idea of being Useful that he forgot to be frightened any more, and when Rabbit went on to say that Kangas were only Fierce during the winter months, being at other times of an Affectionate Disposition, he could hardly sit still, he was so eager to begin being useful at once.
Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
A false idea is not only one which is absolutely subjective but one which is absolutely objective.
Television gives us the gift to see ourselves as we'd like to be seen.
Begin to rejoice in the Lord, and your bones will flourish like an herb, and your cheeks will glow with the bloom of health and freshness. Worry, fear, distrust, care-all are poisonous! Joy is balm and healing, and if you will but rejoice, God will give power.
A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.
I'd walked too close to heaven and gotten a glimpse. The hell I'd lived before her no longer appealed to me.
Hours are golden links, God's token Reaching heaven; but one by one Take them, lest the chain be broken Ere the pilgrimage be done.
Even today I am not ashamed to say that, overpowered by stormy enthusiasm, I fell down on my knees and thanked Heaven from an overflowing heart for granting me the good fortune of being permitted to live at this time.

Johann David Wyss famous quotes

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