142 Quotes by Sophie Swetchine

We are rich only through what we give.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.

When any one tells you that he belongs to no party, you may at any rate be sure that he does not belong to yours.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we – we divine it.

Miracles are God’s coups d’etat.

Poor humanity! – so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.

Prayer has a right to the word “ineffable.” It is an hour of outpourings which words cannot express, – of that interior speech which we do not articulate, even when we employ it.