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Sophie Swetchine
8 quotes
“What is resignation? It is putting God between one's self and one's grief.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Strength alone knows conflict. Weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“America has begun her career at the culminating point of life; as Adam did at the age of thirty.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My experience is that Christianity dispels more mystery than it involves. With Christianity, it is twilight in the world; without it, night. Christianity does not finish the statue,—that is heaven's work; but it "rough-hews" all things,—truth, the mind, the soul.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only true method of action in this world is to be in it, but not of it.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Youth should be a savings-bank.”
Sophie Swetchine (1782–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source