Quotes from Sophie Swetchine

The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.

There is a transcendent power in example.

There is, by God's grace, an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.

God Himself allows certain faults; and often we say, "I have deserved to err; I have deserved to be ignorant.

Let us shun everything, which might tend to efface the primitive lineaments of our individuality. Let us reflect that each one of us is a thought of God.

God has prohibited despair.

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

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.

Our faults afflict us more than our good deeds console. Pain is ever uppermost in the conscience as in the heart.

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.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

What I value most next to eternity is time.

Kindness causes us to learn, and to forget, many things.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Let us resist the opinion of the world fearlessly, provided only that our self-respect grows in proportion to our indifference.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

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.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.