Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.
All the seven deadly sins are man's true nature. To be greedy. To be hateful. To have lust. Of course, you have to control them, but if you're made to feel guilty for being human, then you're going to be trapped in a never-ending sin-and-repent cycle that you can't escape from.
We find many things to which the prohibition of them constitutes the only temptation.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.
Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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.