Quotes About Temptation

When a man dwells on the objects of sense, he creates an attraction for them attraction develops into desire, and desire breeds anger.

Even the mind of the wise man who labours for perfection is carried away by the vehement insistence of the senses, O son of Kunti. (2:60)

The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

After desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.

Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.

Neither limits nor adversity are what ruin men. Under pressure, they handle themselves pretty well. It's the lack of limits they can't handle. That's when they run amok. So, if you really want to see what a man is made of let him think he can get away with something.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces people into thinking they can't lose.

The idea of getting a, you know, syringe full of heroin and shooting it in the vein under my cock right now seems like almost a productive act.

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Most of the time now we live under a kind of spell, a lulling enchantment sung by the sirens of our consumer society, telling us what will make us happy. That enchantment is a half-truth at best—

TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.

A.M. The devil is

Unless it is cured sometimes greediness grows. Where it finally stops, alas, nobody knows.

the senselessness of indefinitely delayed gratification.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.

I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson.