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Lust Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.
- Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind…
- Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
- The false religion of lust is baser than the false religion of mother-love or patriotism or art: but lust is less likely to be made…
- Really, a young Atheist cannot guard his faith too carefully. Dangers lie in wait for him on every side. You must not do, you must…
- He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart
- Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not…
- Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.…
- Love is the great conqueror of lust.
- Love is the great conqueror of lust. Being in love is far better than either common sensuality or cold self-centeredness.
More Lust Quotes
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
- The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their… — Joseph Addison
- It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also… — Mortimer Adler
- If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of… — Mortimer Adler
- I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and… — Jimmy Carter
- Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. — Lord Chesterfield
- In our minds, love and lust are really separated. It's hard to find someone that can be kind and you can trust… — Tori Amos
- A bit of lusting after someone does wonders for the skin. — Elizabeth Hurley
- When old companions, old lusts, and sins crowd in upon you, and when you feel that you are ready to sink, what… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne
- The State acquires power... and because of its insatiable lust for power it is incapable of giving up any of it. The… — Frank Chodorov
- Our nation is somewhat sad, but we're angry. There's a certain level of blood lust, but we won't let it drive our… — George W. Bush