The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and almsgiving, and every good deed done for Christ's sake, they are only means of acquiring… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, certainly do not constitute the aim of our Christian life: they are but the indispensable means of attaining that aim. For the true aim of… — 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 into the truths of the Holy Scripture, and that from this he might receive warmth, which in solitude produces tears; from these a man is wholly warmed and is filled with spiritual gifts, which rejoice the… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share
Oh, if you only knew what joy, what sweetness awaits a righteous soul in Heaven! You would decide in this mortal life to bear any sorrows, persecutions and slander with gratitude. If this very cell of ours was filled with worms, and these worms were to eat our flesh for our entire life on earth, we should agree to it… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share
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
