Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it. Walter Lang
Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it.
Walter Lang
Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
Leonardo Da VinciThoughts on Art and Life
Sometimes we know we shouldn’t and that’s exactly why we do.
Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter.
Tom RobbinsSkinny Legs and All
The best way to escape temptation is to run to God.
Lust feels like love until it’s time to make a sacrifice.
Lust carries her sharp whip at her girdle.
John Wesley
One of the main reasons many don’t make it anywhere is because they keep stopping for temptation.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Mae West
Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16
The desire of love is to give. The desire of lust is to get.
Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful.
Paul Bourget
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.
John LahrThe Guardian,
Aug. 1989
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
Mother Teresa
If they substituted the word “Lust” for “Love” in popular songs it would come nearer the truth.
Sylvia Plath
When fleeing the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:8
Sins are like a credit card.Enjoy now.Pay later.
Sex is the consolation you have when you can’t have love.
Gabriel García Márquez
Lust is wanting to sleep with someone. Love is wanting to wake up next to them in the morning.
Between the horses of love and lust we are trampled underfoot.
U2, “So Cruel”
Lust indulged became a habit, and habit unresisted became necessity.
St. Augustine
Nature is content with little; grace with less; lust with nothing.
Matthew HenryCommentary on the Whole
Bible
I knew we’d cross the line, so I quietly erased it while you weren’t looking.
Rachel Wolchin
More souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than for any other reason.
Our Lady of Fatima