“I mean, the more a man was in the Devil's power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long as he knows he's drunk.” KnowsMenMeanLongStillsWould BePrinciplesDevilDrunkSober Book:God in the Dock Source: God in the Dock
“But when to sin our biased nature leans, The careful Devil is still at hand with means; And providently pimps for ill desires.” MeanStillsHandsDesireSinDevilIllCarefulBiasedPimp Author:John Dryden
“It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.” IfsMeanSaidSelfWould BeHeavenHellEternalDevilGods WillParadiseAdamLuciferSelf Will Author:Martin Luther