It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.

The strong could make their own law, live their own lives; in fact, they were beyond good and evil. What was good and what was evil? It is easy enough to stifle conscience for a time. The satisfied flesh has its own law.

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.

Life is filled with problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. Sometimes it helps to know which is which.

It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.

The Lord only demands of us what is within our capabilities.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name... and they say golf is a quiet game

He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.

But it was too late. He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who, like him, had wasted earth.

You say that convention is all that really keeps you straight in this "woman proposition"; but it's more than that, Amory; it's the fear that what you begin you can't stop; you would run amuck, and I know whereof I speak; it's that half-miraculous sixth sense by which you detect evil, it's the half-realized fear of God in your heart.

But I am slow-thinking and full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires.