But by denying them, would not our life gain by flowing in a more heavenly direction ?" "We are daily feeding the demons that are in us by our wicked thoughts and sinful acts; these are their meat and drink.

I make them gasp sometimes.

My heart laughs quite merrily to think of it.

When I am hungry, and there is something tempting on the table, hunger, like a serpent, comes creeping up into my throat and laps its dry tongue with eagerness for its prey, but it often returns chagrined at its discomfiture." "That which tempts us we should deny, no matter how innocent it is in itself.

If it tempts, away with it, until it tempts no more.