Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them. — Sophie Swetchine Affection Copy Share Image
Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain. — Sophie Swetchine Aging Copy Share Image
He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity. — Sophie Swetchine Charity Copy Share Image
The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy. — Sophie Swetchine Compassion Copy Share Image
By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so. — Sophie Swetchine Becoming Copy Share Image
Where there is a question of economy, I prefer privation. — Sophie Swetchine Economics Copy Share Image
Since there must be chimeras, why is not perfection the chimera of all men? — Sophie Swetchine Chimera Copy Share Image
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts. — Sophie Swetchine Age Copy Share Image
The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such… — Sophie Swetchine Conceit Copy Share Image
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. — Sophie Swetchine Attaining Copy Share Image
If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all,… — Sophie Swetchine Command Copy Share Image
Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference. — Sophie Swetchine Grows Copy Share Image
I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that… — Sophie Swetchine Childhood Copy Share Image
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume. — Sophie Swetchine Firsts Copy Share Image
Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart. — Sophie Swetchine Conscience Copy Share Image
When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not… — Sophie Swetchine Belong Copy Share Image
Resignation is, to some extent, spoiled for me by the fact that it is so entirely conformable to the laws of common-sense.… — Sophie Swetchine Common Copy Share Image
Love sometimes elevates, creates new qualities, suspends the working of evil inclinations; but only for a day. Love, then, is an Oriental… — Sophie Swetchine Despots Copy Share Image
Truth only is prolific. Error, sterile in itself, produces only by means of the portion of truth which it contains. It may… — Sophie Swetchine Errors Copy Share Image
The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair:… — Sophie Swetchine Bosoms Copy Share Image
Love enters the heart unawares: takes precedence of all the emotions--or, at least, will be second to none--and even reflection becomes its… — Sophie Swetchine Accomplices Copy Share Image
A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual,… — Sophie Swetchine Children Copy Share Image
It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course. — Sophie Swetchine Courses Copy Share Image
We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians. — Sophie Swetchine Experience Copy Share Image
The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it. — Sophie Swetchine Believe Copy Share Image
What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief. — Sophie Swetchine Grief Copy Share Image
Poor humanity!--so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great. — Sophie Swetchine Dependent Copy Share Image
The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself. — Sophie Swetchine Doe Copy Share Image
Men are always invoking justice; yet it is justice which should make them tremble. — Sophie Swetchine Justice Copy Share Image
