Anne Sophie Swetchine

“He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving, has but glanced at the joys of charity.”

“Love is the abridgment of all theology.”

“In the moral world there is nothing impossible if we can bring a thorough will to it.”

“We are nearer to the great than we think.”

“To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.”

“We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.”

“A mind without occupation is a mind in distress.”

“It is a great art to be superior to others without letting them know it.”

“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.”

“We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.”

“Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.”

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”

“Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith is dead.”