In the tumult of men and events solitude was my temptation now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
Nor is it the least advantage to health accruing from such a way of life that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice than persons who live in crowded society.
Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.
There are several good protections against temptation but the surest is cowardice.
Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception temptation accusation even persecution.
The prospects for a coherent hilarious and consistent American comedy seem to lessen every year as the poor waterlogged gassy corpse called 'Evan Almighty' proved when it floated ashore recently. So there's a temptation to think too highly of Robin Williams's uneven but occasionally funny 'License to Wed.'
Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.