54 Quotes by Johanna Spyri

Let’s enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot.

We must pray to God everyday to show we don’t forget that all gifts come from Him. But if some wishes remain unfulfilled we must show our confidence in Him, for He knows best.

If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can go to our Father in Heaven.

Foresight is a virtue and averts many a misfortune.

Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth.

But she had to go to bed first, and all night she slept soundly on her bed of hay, dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains with red roses all over them, among which happy little Snowflake went leaping in and out.

O how beautiful, look at the crimson snow! And up there on the rocks there are ever so many roses!

It is good to be on the mountain; body and soul get well there, and life becomes happy again.

The happiest of all things is when an old friend comes and greets us as in former times; the heart is comforted with the assurance that some day everything that we have loved will be given back.