#satan

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#half #him #i #i do #much

For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#finds #hands #idle #mischief #satan

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession. ↗

— Martin Luther

#burden #choose #contend #god #goes

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer. ↗

— George Muller

#enjoy #enjoyment #give #gone #make

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#between #consider #culture #development #evil

The small Satan left and the great Satan came. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#great #left #satan #small

The devil frequently fills our thoughts with great schemes, so that instead of putting our hands to what work we can do to serve our Lord, we may rest satisfied with wishing to perform impossibilities. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#devil #satan #satisfaction #satisfaction

Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor. ↗

— Beth Moore

#satan

Love is the theme of all religions but making it commercial is satanic”. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#love #religion #satanic #theme #love

Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining with itself - this is called Lucifer. ↗

— Martin Buber

#dialog #dialogic #evil #good #i-thou