So, I quoted this on my bloggerpickle blog the other day, but just read them again since I was pondering a bit about addictions and such after our LDS general conference:
"Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German army by fighting against it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of a wind by trying to talk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ , because He was the only man who never yielded to temptation, is also the only man who knows to the full what temptation means - the only complete realist."
-C.S. Lewis from Mere Christianity Book 3 - "Christian Behaviour, Ch. 11 - Faith"
During conference, I made a cake. I ate quite a few pieces until a speaker started talking about addiction right when I started into my fourth piece! So, I know very little about goodness in the food department. So, now I have cake anonymous to add to the cookies anonymous, brownies anonymous, peanut M&M anonymous.......
But, isn't this a beautiful quote?
2 comments:
Thanks for this quote! I found the full one in my C.S. Lewis quote book and read it to my husband. It inspired us and we had a good discussion about it. Now I just need to take some actions....after the baby comes....lol..until then all food is fair game.
I LOVE this quote!! It was actually from last conference in April, someone quoted it, I believe. Anyway, it has really made me think!
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