The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.
Virtue is insufficient temptation.
Virtue is harmony.