Why do men learn through pain and suffering, and not through pleasure and happiness? Very simply, because pleasure and happiness accustom one to sati…

- Seraphim Rose

"Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are_God sees that,but for you it is expected to trust in God and pray to Him as best you can,nev…

- Seraphim Rose

Why is the truth, it would seem, revealed to some and not to others? Is there a special organ for receiving revelation from God? Yes, though usually …

- Seraphim Rose

Atheism, true 'existential' atheism burning with hatred of a seemingly unjust or unmerciful God, is a spiritual state; it is a real attempt to grappl…

- Seraphim Rose

Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are. God sees that, but for you it is expected to trust in God and pray to Him as best you can, n…

- Seraphim Rose

Everything in this life passes away — only God remains, only He is worth struggling towards. We have a choice: to follow the way of this world, of th…

- Seraphim Rose

When conversion takes place, the process of revelation occurs in a very simple way - a person is in need, he suffers, and then somehow the other worl…

- Seraphim Rose

We who are given the fullness of true Christianity are obliged to be working on ourselves, to be watching the signs of the times, and to be extremely…

- Seraphim Rose