Saint Augustine Quotes About Temptation

Quotes about: Temptation

• A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words

  Saint Augustine

  Wind, Sea, Temptation

• There is another form of temptation, even more fraught with danger. This is the disease of curiosity. It is this which drives us to try and discover the secrets of nature, those secrets which are beyond our understanding, which can avail us nothing and which man should not wish to learn.

  Saint Augustine

  Men, Temptation, Understanding

  "The day of judgment, part two" by Ian McEwan, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2008.

• Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.

  Saint Augustine

  Fighting, Temptation, Suffering

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