Quotes About Temptation

Seven Deadly Sins. Saligia is an acronym for: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, and acedia.

Any man can stay sober in a desert, he mused, but only the loyal can sit in an oasis and refuse to part his lips.

I grew up Catholic. I know sin.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. – Friedrich Nietzsche

I come for wisdom, and he offers me wealth

We're adults, Robert. You can admit it. You feel a longing. I see it in your eyes. A deep, carnal hunger." She smiled. "I feel it too. And that craving is about to be satisfied." "It is?" He felt emboldened and took a step toward her. "Completely." She held up a room-service menu. "I ordered everything they've got.

Vittoria slipped off her robe. 'You've never been to bed with a yoga master, have you?

What had once been life's quiet moments of solitary reflection--a few minutes alone on a bus, or walking to work, or waiting for an appointment--now felt unbearable, and people impulsively reached for their phones, their earbuds, and their games, unable to fight the addictive pull of technology. The miracles of the past were fading away, whitewashed by a ceaseless hunger for all-that-was-new.

But maybe it was just a sort of Bluebeard's wife thing. You can't help yourself: Open the door, you stupid bitch. Go ahead.

Doing a life study while drunk and in the process of being seduced is never a formula for quality art.

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation.

Never poor vain creature was so wrapt up with every part of the story as I was, not considering what was before me, and how near my ruin was at the door; indeed, I think I rather wished for that ruin than studied to avoid it.

Thus you see having committed a Crime once, is a sad Handle to the committing of it again; whereas all the Regret, and Reflections wear off when the Temptation renews it self; had I not yielded to see him again, the Corrupt desire in him had worn off, and 'tis very probable he had never fallen into it, with any Body else, as I really believe he had not done before.

Wherever God erects a house of prayer the Devil always builds a chapel there; And t'will be found, upon examination, the latter has the largest congregation. — Defoe's The True-Born Englishman, 1701

We drank the rum, and I forgot my promise to God.

the just reflections of conscience oftentimes snatch a man, especially a man of sense, from the arms of a mistress, as it did him at last, though on another occasion.

Podríamos decir que quienes se hallan a merced de sus impulsos –quienes carecen de autocontrol– adolecen de una deficiencia moral porque la capacidad de controlar los impulsos constituye el fundamento mismo de la voluntad y del carácter. Por

A sobrecarga cognitiva crónica que caracteriza tantas das nossas vidas parece diminuir o nosso nível de domínio de nós mesmos. Quanto maiores as exigências sobre a nossa atenção, ao que parece, mais fracos somos a resistir às tentações.

Life immersed in digital distractions creates a near-constant cognitive overload. And that overload wears out self-control. Forget that resolve to diet. Lost in the digital world we mindlessly reach for the Pringles.

Temptations are like dirty dishes.  There are some who leave them alone, scarcely noticing how many have piled up.  And there are some who must do them right away.

May 25—So this is how a person can come to despise himself—knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.

Então é assim que uma pessoa chega a se desprezar: sabendo que está fazendo a coisa errada sem conseguir parar

A fost r?u c? Adam È™i Eva au mâncat din pomul cunoaÈ™terii. A fost r?u când au v?zut c? sunt goi È™i când au înv??at ce sunt poftele È™i ruÈ™inea. ?i au fost goniÈ›i din Paradis È™i s-au închis porÈ›ile dup? ei. Dac? nu s-ar fi întâmplat asta, nimeni n-ar mai trebui s? îmb?trânesc?, s? se îmboln?veasc? È™i s? moar?.

So this is how a person can come to despise himself - knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.