"You are never tempted by a devil without you, but by a devil within you,"

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Source : Elias Hicks (1825). “A Series of Extemporaneous Discourses: Delivered in the Several Meetings of the Society of Friends”, p.166

Elias Hicks

#Devil Quotes #Without You Quotes #Tempted Quotes

“I know what you are known as . . . but to me, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their chargesâ€™ youthful beginnings.”
“We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.”
“I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.”
“Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.”
“Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara. O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac”
“From a very young age, I was singing and acting and performing for my family.”
“It is impossible to distrust one's writing without awakening a deeper distrust in oneself.”
“We live in a church culture that has a dangerous tendency to disconnect the grace of God from the glory of God. Our hearts resonate with the idea of enjoying God's grace. We bask in sermons, conferences, and books that exalt a grace centering on us. And while the wonder of grace is worthy of our attention, if that grace is disconnected from its purpose, the sad result is a self-centered Christianity that bypasses the heart of God.”

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