Sophie Swetchine
Sophie Swetchine
Anne Sophie Swetchine, known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryRussian Federation
faith light shining
Life grows darker as we go on, till only one pure light is left shining on it; and that is faith. Old age, like solitude and sorrow, has its revelations.
self world opinion
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.
change world lost
In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.
time golden showers
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
mind limits might
The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.
men divine misfortunes
Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.
prayer speech hours
Prayer has a right to the word "ineffable." It is an hour of outpourings which words cannot express,--of that interior speech which we do not articulate, even when we employ it.
law practice common-sense
Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense. I should like just a little more of the supernatural in the practice of my favorite virtue.
book reading people
People read every thing nowadays, except books.
light feelings sensibility
Feeling loves a subdued light.
grief sorrow ifs
If grief is to be mitigated, it must either wear itself out or be shared.
age harmony creation
Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.
night age magnificence
Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
real sorrow delicacy
Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.