"Temptation, with all its attendant
torments can be overcome here and now, but it can only be overcome by
knowledge."
"If a man goes out to conquer an
enemy, knowing nothing of his enemy's strength, tactics, or place of
ambush, he will not only ignominiously fail, but will speedily fall
into the hands of the enemy. He who would overcome his enemy the tempter,
must discover his stronghold and place of concealment, and must also
find out the unguarded gates in his own fortress where his enemy effects
so easy an entrance. This necessitates continual meditation, ceaseless
watchfulness, and constant and rigid introspection which lays bare,
before the spiritual eyes of the tempted one, the vain and selfish motives
of his soul. This is the holy warfare of the saints; it is the fight
upon which every soul enters when it awakens out of its long sleep of
animal indulgence."