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
despair
God has prohibited despair.
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.
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.
reform walks
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
example transcendent
There is a transcendent power in example.
cramps chains
The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
ignorant faults certain
God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.
economy
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation.
careers america age
America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.
humanity poor dependent
Poor humanity!--so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.
blessed air needs
Consolation heaps without contact; somewhat like the blessed air which we need but to breathe.
strength weakness conflict
Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
enough neglect good-things
There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.
experience prophet historian
We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.