Quotes About Temptation

On considering adultery - Why go out for hamburger when I can have steak at home?

There was always something sly about any act of education. Eve had learned that in the garden.

The slippery slope was everywhere.

Malgus knew it was folly. Empires and the men who ruled empires could not stay sharp when surrounded by comfort, by peace.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux tells us: "However great may be the temptation, if we know how to use the weapon of prayer well, we shall come off as conquerors at last, for prayer is more powerful than all the demons.

our days in this life provide a season for God to test, purify, strengthen, and perfect us, making us fit to live with Him forever in heaven. To that end, the demons serve as useful tools for Him as they constantly test us by tempting us, so that we become purer and stronger and closer to perfection every time we resist the temptation.

No doubt the Devil is busy tempting us and trying to distract us even when we attend Mass.

God gives the Devil power against us in two modes: either for punishment when we sin, or for glory when we are tested.

Each time we sin, the Devil strengthens his grip on us. Through Penance, we loosen that grip and pull free of his control. Not only do we receive forgiveness of past sins; we receive grace to resist temptations to come.

Matrimony. The Devil's first attack on the human race was focused on a married couple.

One foot in the door, the other one in the gutter; The sweet smell that they adore, I think I'd rather smother

There was only today to throw yourself into without thinking about tomorrow, let alone forever. To keep you from thinking, there was liquor, an ocean's worth at least, all the usual vices and plenty of rope to hang yourself with. Love is a beautiful liar.

There's an old ghost story about that, I remember, how the devil steals souls by asking for them openly. He isn't a thief, but a master manipulator. The real danger, or so the story goes, isn't in the devil himself, but in not knowing you have a choice to turn him away.

I met the devil,' Ernest said, finishing his glass of wine, 'and he doesn't give a damn about art.

Strolling, I felt the dark tug at me, and a pleasant itch to be out of my dress, out of my skin even.

We met when he took Ben and me on safari. Blix always seduces the wives if he's given enough time. He likes them trembling with fear, I suppose…at the precipice of mortal danger." She raised a feathery eyebrow. "I don't think he counted on keeping me, but that was almost two years ago.

and an almond-scented blancmange custard that tasted like clouds.

I couldn't understand why Frank would want to spend time with this crowd. They were bored, naughty children with highballs and morphine and sex for their toys. People were toys, too.

Why we couldn't stop drinking or talking or kissing the wrong people no matter what it ruined.

There's an old ghost story about that, I remember, about how the devil steals souls by asking for them openly. He isn't a thief, but a master manipulator. The real danger, or so the story goes, isn't in the devil himself, but in not knowing you have a choice to turn him away.

All of that should have sent me running in the opposite direction, but I felt only intrigued, and then dazzled by his hunger for me, and the desperation we felt trying to be together when it was impossible. His wife, Marcelle, wouldn't grant a divorce.

I made a face at her and pulled at the neck of my dress. "Want a smoke?

I am a cold hearted, ruthless bastard who sees what he wants and takes it. Is that not so?" He stepped closer to her, too close. His voice, no longer tender, was like the growl of a hungry wolf. "You think I don't want you." He ran his fingers over the pulse beat of her throat..."But I do.

Satans balls