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
reason piety labor
We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.
economy
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
ignorant faults certain
God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.
faults encounters insufferable
Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
honesty men people
I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.
health men roots
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.
god looks earth
If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.
god atoms may
I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.
friendship unhappy asylums
Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
men justice should
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble.
friends enjoy superiority
He who has ceased to enjoy his friend's superiority has ceased to love him.
kindness learning causes
Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
forgiveness heart
The heart has always the pardoning power.
gratitude rewards benefits
Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.