Anne-Sophie Swetchine Quotes
Anne Sophie Swetchine, known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris.
(1782 - 1857)
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"Prayer," says St. Jerome, "is a groan." Ah! our groans are prayers as well. The very cry of distress is an involuntary appeal to that invisible Power whose aid the soul invokes.
[Prayer]
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As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
[Age]
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By becoming more unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.
[Adversity]
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Each moment, as it passes, is the meeting place of two eternities.
[Time]
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He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving, has but glanced at the joys of charity.
[Charity]
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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
[Amiability]
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I study much, and the more I study the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.
[Study]
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If it were ever allowable to forget what is due to superiority of rank, it would be when the privileged themselves remembered it.
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If we look closely at this world, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is he, who, after all, commands the most fidelity and the most love.
[God]
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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.
[Enemies]
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In the opinion of the world marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. - The truth is precisely the reverse; it begins all.
[Marriage]
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In this world of change naught which comes stays, and naught which goes is lost.
[Change]
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It is a little stream which flows softly, but it freshens everything along its course.
[Moderation]
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It is the enemy who keeps the sentinel watchful.
[Vigilance]
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Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.
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Old age is that night of life, as night is the old age of day. Still night is full of magnificence and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
[Self Confidence]
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One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
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Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer: the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.
[Tears]
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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
[Risks]
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