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
respect inspire feelings
Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.
soul affection given
Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them.
grief self resignation
What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.
compassion gun people
The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.
liberty rewards nations
Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.
pain circles age
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
happiness art sick
The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick.
eye errors views
There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins of the leaf which bears them, but are totally unable to take in the ensemble of the plant or shrub. When error has effected an entrance into such minds, it remains there impregnable, because no general view assists them in throwing off the chance impression of the moment.
years youth aging
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
cramps chains
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
saving youth should
Youth should be a savings bank.
love dust evil
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental despot, whose glance lifts a slave from the dust, and then consigns him to it again.
example transcendent
There is a transcendent power in example.
reform walks
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.