Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer
Without God, man cannot, and without man, God will not.
We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is.
A man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.
God without us will not as we without God cannot.