Only those faults which we encounter in ourselves are insufferable to us in others.
Sophie SwetchineIt would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.
Sophie SwetchineReal sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.
Sophie Swetchine