Charles Simmons Quotes

Imagination is a screen onto which the evil spirits can 'project' images, temptations presented as stimulating entertainments, offering us pleasurable rewards if we give in to the temptation.

The devil is no longer looking for an open door in your life. He will take any crack you give him.

The devil is busy and trying to distort and adulterate the things that are the pure essence of God.

It is not good practice to become intrigued by Satan and his mysteries. No good can come from getting close to evil.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

It has been wisely said, "that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!" Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

Open is the way of Satan; many walk therein.

I personally claim no special insight into Satan's methods, but I have at times been able to identify his influence and his actions in my life and in the lives of others. When I was on my first mission, Satan sought to divert me from my future path and, if possible, to destroy my usefulness in the Lord's work.

Oh, this base heart of ours! Hath it not enough tinder in it to set on fire the course of nature? If a spark do but fall into it, any one of our members left to itself would dishonour Christ, deny the Lord that bought us, and turn back into perdition.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.

Although science and technology open up boundless opportunities, they also present great perils because Satan employs these marvelous discoveries to his great advantage.

We live in a world that is filled with filth and sleaze, a world that reeks of evil. You cannot afford that filthy poison to touch you. Stay away from it. Avoid it.

The better day, the worse deed.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.

I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God recognizes I will do this and forgives me.

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

Sin may result from activities that begin innocently or that are perfectly legitimate in moderation, but in excess they can cause us to veer from the straight and narrow path to our destruction.

Man has fallen victim to seduction since times immemorial.

Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.

I think that there are deceptive forces out there that will try to lead us away from God, and we really do need to be careful.

No one is above temptation. No one is above life in general.

One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.

Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.

Weakness arouses evil. The American people know this.