The starting point of all evil temptings lies in inconstancy of mind and small confidence in God. The slack man who abandons his fixed resolve is battered by all kinds of temptation like a ship with no steersman, driven to and fro by the waves.
--Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ. 1:13.
Friday, December 24, 2010
QUOTATION: The Origin of Temptation
