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
love heart reflection
Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its accomplice. While it lives, it renders blind; and when it has struck its roots deep only itself can shake them. It reminds one of hospitality as practiced among the ancients. The stranger was received upon the threshold of the half-open door, and introduced into the sanctuary reserved for the Penates. Not until every attention had been lavished upon him did the host ask his name; and the question was sometimes deferred till the very moment of departure.
grief winter youth
In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation.
deserve falsehood
There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.
retirement flow obstacles
In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because there is no obstacle to its flow.
silence nightfall lost
Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
world action method
The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.
inspirational next eternity
What I value most next to eternity is time.
liberty doe excess
The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself.
god action forget
We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
god christian moving
The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair: 'tis hope that rises to the surface. It is a sinner whose heart he moves. It is a saint who returns him thanks.
giving joy sake
He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.
flower thinking ideas
To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into garlands.
sympathy grief world
The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack
christian friday sacrifice
Death is the justification of all the ways of the Christian, the last end of all his sacrifices, the touch of the Great Master which completes the picture.