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
men justice-of-god injustice
The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.
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.
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.
kindness eye steps
Let us not fail to scatter along our pathway the seeds of kindness and sympathy. Some of them will doubtless perish; but if one only lives, it will perfume our steps and rejoice our eyes.
law common-sense common
The law of common sense.
somebody
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
In this world of change, nothing which comes stays, and nothing which goes is lost.
clumsy enemies force malicious resisted
In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.
bears piety
Piety softens all that courage bears.
apples one-day world
We are all of us, in this world, more or less like St. January, whom the inhabitants of Naples worship one day, and pelt with baked apples the next.
faith believe inventory
The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.
faith life-is-like burning
Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.