--- title: "1 Christian Heart Quotes By Seraphim of Sarov" description: "1 Christian Heart quotes by Seraphim of Sarov. Plus more from Seraphim of Sarov and more Christian Heart sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/seraphim-of-sarov-24017_cfs_when-a-man-receives-something-divine-in_2895077.jpg" --- > [When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. The Christian heart, when it has received something Divine, does not demand anything else in order to convince it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/when-a-man-receives-something-divine-in-his-heart-he-rejoices-but/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/seraphim-of-sarov-24017_cfs_when-a-man-receives-something-divine-in_2895077.jpg) ## More by Seraphim of Sarov > [...it is up to us to add labors to labors in order to go from strength to strength (Ps. 83:7), and to come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/it-is-up-to-us-to-add-labors-to-labors-in-order-to-go-from-strength/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Can one, seeing the sun with one's sensuous eyes, not rejoice? But how much more joyful it is when the mind sees with its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/can-one-seeing-the-sun-with-one-s-sensuous-eyes-not-rejoice-but-how/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/whatever-you-do-do-it-gently-and-unhurriedly-because-virtue-is-not-a/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Maintain a spirit of peace and you will save a thousand souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/maintain-a-spirit-of-peace-and-you-will-save-a-thousand-souls/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [... only the good deed done for Christ's sake brings us the fruits of the Holy Spirit. All that is not done for Christ's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/only-the-good-deed-done-for-christ-s-sake-brings-us-the-fruits-of-the/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/the-true-aim-of-our-christian-life-consists-in-the-acquisition-of-the/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [The reading of the word of God should be performed in solitude, in order that the whole mind of the reader might be plunged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/the-reading-of-the-word-of-god-should-be-performed-in-solitude-in/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Oh, if you only knew what joy, what sweetness awaits a righteous soul in Heaven! You would decide in this mortal life to bear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/oh-if-you-only-knew-what-joy-what-sweetness-awaits-a-righteous-soul/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/you-cannot-be-too-gentle-too-kind-shun-even-to-appear-harsh-in-your-2/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold which comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/god-is-a-fire-that-warms-and-kindles-the-heart-and-inward-parts-hence/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [The body is a slave, the soul a sovereign, and therefore it is due to Divine mercy when the body is worn out by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/the-body-is-a-slave-the-soul-a-sovereign-and-therefore-it-is-due-to/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/if-a-man-has-no-worries-about-himself-at-all-for-the-sake-of-love/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [The Lord sometimes allows people who are devoted to Him to fall into such dreadful vices; and this is in order to prevent them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/the-lord-sometimes-allows-people-who-are-devoted-to-him-to-fall-into/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Every success in anything we should refer to the Lord and with the Prophet say: 'Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/every-success-in-anything-we-should-refer-to-the-lord-and-with-the/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) > [Establish yourself in God and then you will be helpful to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seraphim-of-sarov/establish-yourself-in-god-and-then-you-will-be-helpful-to-others/) [Seraphim of Sarov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seraphim-of-sarov/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-heart/seraphim-of-sarov/#itemlist", "name": "1 Christian Heart Quotes By Seraphim of Sarov", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a man receives something Divine, in his heart he rejoices; but when he receives something diabolic, he is disturbed. 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