Jesus Christ Tells Us That A Man

The Whole Mystery Of Temptation Is To Have Sins Suggested To Us, And To Be Swept After Them By A Sudden Enthusiasm, Which Sometimes Feels As Strong As The Spirit Of God Ever Made In Us The Enthusiasm For Virtue.

Our Enemies Are Our Evil Deeds And Their Memories, Our Pride, Our Selfishness, Our Malice, Our Passions, Which By Conscience Or By Habit Pursue Us With A Relentlessness Past The Power Of Figure To Express.

Into Every Soul, However Purged And Fenced, Evil Appears To Have As Much Freedom Of Entrance As God Himself.

Power And Position Often Make A Man Trifle With The Truth.

There Is No Truth Which The Prophets Press More Steadily Upon Israel Than That All Their National Life Lies In The Sight And On The Care Of God.