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"You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd."
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"Pleasure, in itself harmless, may become mischievous, by endearing to us a state which we know to be transient and probatory, and withdrawing our thoughts from that of which every hour brings us nearer to the beginning, and of which no length of time will bring us to the end. Mortification is not virtuous in itself, nor has any other use, but that it disengages us from the allurements of sense. In the state of future perfection, to which we all aspire, there will be pleasure without danger, and security without restraint."
"The word lust can mean "selfish desire". . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay."
"If God offers the world for sale, how much will you pay for it? What is the price of your own destruction?"
"Everything Satan has to offer you is a collection of what Jesus rejected, it is the garbage bin of Jesus Christ. Matthew 4:1-17."
"As I stare at it,I can feel little invisible strings,silently tugging me toward it. I have to touch it. I have to wear it. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
"If they really wanted us to resist temptation, they shouldn't a made it so damn tempting."
"One of the main roots of ungodliness is being a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God."
"Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down."
"Trying to cool his jets, trying to let her stay in charge, he attempted to hold back, but she let out this breathy little whimper like he was the best thing she'd ever tasted."
"Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication."
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