"You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun……" — 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 face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives."
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17 Quotes by Seraphim of Sarov
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