Quote by Augustine of Hippo

“When tempted to sin, I often repeat to myself two truths: holiness brings happiness, and purity brings power.”

— Sidney Greidanus

“To choose holiness is to reject sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Confronted by God’s law, the sinner’s rebellious nature finds the forbidden thing more attractive, not because it is inherently attractive, but because it furnishes…

— John F. MacArthur Jr

“It is better to seek purity than the pleasure of sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“We need a morality based upon love of life, upon pleasure in growth and positive achievement, not upon repression and prohibition.”

— Bertrand Russell

“None of the great religions have done more than exclude, throw out a long range of prohibitions. But prohibitions create the desire they are…

— Lawrence Durrell

“When our personal pursuit is forgiveness, restoration, and holiness, others will find it uncomfortable to sin around us. We should not be comfortable people…

— Sarah Hawkes Valente

Give yourself one night to waste with me. Come, break every prohibition. We will be corrupt, and if it's a crime. What can we…

— Romeo Santos

Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience,…

— Robert Southey

Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.

— G. Campbell Morgan

“When, therefore, we maintain that pleasure is the end, we do not mean the pleasures of profligates and those that consist in sensuality, as…

— Epicurus

Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.

— Lawrence Durrell