If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care of him, this is a true and wise hope. But if… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
...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… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
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… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, do it gently and unhurriedly, because virtue is not a pear to be eaten in one bite. — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
... 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… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
The reading of the word of God should be performed in solitude, in order that the whole mind of the reader might be plunged… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Oh, if you only knew what joy, what sweetness awaits a righteous soul in Heaven! You would decide in this mortal life to bear… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold which comes… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
The body is a slave, the soul a sovereign, and therefore it is due to Divine mercy when the body is worn out by… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
