Concupiscence Quotes

10 quotes by 8 authors

Love remains a relation with the Other that turns into need, transcendent exteriority of the other, of the beloved. But love goes beyond the beloved...… — Emmanuel Levinas
Avarice, greed, concupiscence and so forth are all based on the mathematical truism that the more you get, the more you have. The remark of… — Frederick Buechner
No longer was she merely the dancing-girl who extorts a cry of lust and concupiscence from an old man by the lascivious contortions of her… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. In all my difficulties I never found… — Saint Augustine
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects oneâ€™s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches… — Saint Augustine
So many sins against the poor cry out to high heaven! One of the most deadly sins is to deprive the laborer of his hire.… — Dorothy Day
The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the… — Thomas Aquinas
Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones. — Blaise Pascal
As we grow detached from things, we come (with God's help) to master our desires, and we give the mastery over to God. Discipline and… — Scott Hahn
I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don't be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with everything… — Emmanuel Levinas

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