The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows read more

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

For I am that way going to temptation,
Where prayers cross.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

He who cannot resist temptation is not a man.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes read more

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, read more

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as
the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a
surer measure.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.