Christoph von Schmid > Quotes

“It is better to die for the truth than to live for a lie. Let it cost me what it will, I will not depart from the truth, even to save my own or my father’s life. I will obey God, and trust Him for the rest.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“Learn to understand the real beauty of simplicity.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“Our heart is a garden, which the good God has given us to cultivate, and we must always be aware of the weeds that grow without observation. It is necessary that we should unceasingly apply ourselves to the cultivation of the good and the extraction of the evil which might take root.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“There is nothing to fear on earth but sin. Prison and death are nothing compared to a guilty conscience. If we are destined to suffer unjustly, if all the world forsake us, God will not. Whatever happens, then, let us put our trust in God.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“A conscience at ease is a pillow on which we may sleep soundly even in a dungeon.”
― Christoph von Schmid, The Basket of Flowers: A Tale for the Young

“all sein Hab und Gut befand. Er war aber fröhlich und guter Dinge, und hatte an der schönen, weißen Winterlandschaft umher und an den bereiften Hecken und Gesträuchen am Wege seine herzliche Freude. Indes”
― Christoph von Schmid, Der Weihnachtsabend

“Jer još nije skovan takav lanac, koji bi slobodan duh mogao okovati i uzdržati, da se ne digne k Bogu i da ne traži i ne nalazi svaki čas svoju sreću u njemu.”
― Christoph von Schmid, Rosa of Linden Castle