Sam Levenson Quotes

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.

Evil isn't prejudiced. It doesn't care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It's up to you whether you give it that place.

No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to take a bite. She chose to.

The historic idea that the devil tempts men had this remarkable effect, it produced the man of iron who fought; the modern idea of blaming his heredity or his circumstances produces the man who gives in at once.

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

Thou mayest rule over sin.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

You go up to the devil and ask if he knows he's a sinner and he'll say, "Well, yes I am! And a mighty fine one at that!"

I believe, firmly, that women are always right. Ah, I should actually rephrase that: I... don't.

Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments.

It's certainly easy to mock some things ... Oddly enough though I've never found it easy to mock anything of value. Only things that are tawdry and fatuous - perhaps it's just me.

You choose sin. You practice sin.

Suddenly, this romantic agony was enriched by a less romantic one: I had to go to the bathroom. Needless to say, I couldn't let her know about this urge, for great lovers never did such things. The answer to "Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" was not "In the men's room, Julie.

We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

If you have a character that doesn't have anything wrong with him, there's nothing funny about it.