The eyes see, the heart desires, the body makes the costly mistake.


A sin is costly on two levels.


I waste precious time,  I devalue the important women in my life, I will not be able to treat them correctly, I have made myself less of a friend and more of a fiend.


On another important level:


I have taken another step down the dark path of lost. "The avenue of broken dreams". I have pointed myself in a negative direction, tomorrow I will have to fight that much more to get back .



I HAVE BEEN SOLD AS A SLAVE AMONG SLAVES , BUT NOTHING IN THE WORLD HAS BROKEN  ME AS MUCH AS MY OWN PASSION.



THE BEGINNING OF THE PASSION IS SWEET , BUT ITS END IS BITTER .



PASSION HOUSES ONLY FORBIDDEN  DESIRES    



MEN MAKE A HARNESS FOR THEIR BEASTS ; HOW MUCH MORE SO SHOULD THEY FASHION A HARNESS FOR THEIR PASSIONS .



WHO IS STRONG ? THE MAN WHO CAN CONTROL HIS PASSIONS  

BEN ZOMA IN SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS



IT IS EASIER FOR AN APATHETIC  MAN TO BE STIRRED TO ENJOYMENT THAN FOR A MAN BURNING WITH PASSION TO CURB HIS LAST .



ALL PASSIONS CONTAIN AN ELEMENT OF SADNESS



OUR PASSIONS LIKE TRAVELERS: AT FIRST THEY MAKE A BRIEF STAY; THEN THEY ARE GUESTS , WHO VISIT OFTEN AND THEN THEY TURN INTO TYRANTS WHO HOLDS US IN THEIR POWER .



WHEN PASSIONS BURN WITHIN YOU , REMEMBER THAT IT WAS GIVEN TO YOU FOR GOOD PURPOSES .  

                                   

THE PURSUIT OF PASSION BECOMES BORING



NO MAN LEAVES THIS WORLD WITH EVEN HALF OF HIS DESIRES SATISFIED



DESIRE CONFUSES THE SENSES



DESIRE CAN BLIND THE WISE



DESIRES ARE THE NET OF FOLLY



THE MAN WHO IS NOT CAREFUL ABOUT OBEYING THE LAW AGAINST STEALING WILL BE LESS CAREFUL ABOUT THE LAW AGAINST COVETING ; WHATEVER EYES SEES , HIS HEART WILL DESIRE - AND WITH A LONGING THAT CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED .



 DO NOT ENVY A SINNER ; YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DISASTER AWAITS HIM   



NEVER MIND THE REMORSE JUST DON'T COMMIT THE SIN.



SIN TAKES MONEY TOO .



IT IS BETTER TO SIN OUT OF GOOD INTENTIONS THAN TO CONFORM WITH EVIL (GREEDY ) INTENT .



WHOEVER CAN PRAY ON BEHALF OF HIS NEIGHBOR AND FAILS TO SO IS CALLED A SINNER .



THREE THINGS SAP A MAN'S STRENGTH : WORRY, TRAVEL, AND SIN.



MAN DOES NOT COMMIT A SIN UNLESS HE IS POSSESSED BY FOLLY



WIVES SAVE US FROM SIN



TREMBLE BEFORE COMMITTING A MINOR SIN , FOR IT WILL LEAD TO A MAJOR ONE



WHOEVER DESTROYS ANY USEFUL THING IS GUILTY OF SIN



IF THE EVIL IMPULSE SAYS : "SIN - G-D WILL FORGIVE YOU , DON'T HEED IT"



SINNERS SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED AS UNWORTHY OF JOINING THEIR FELLOW  JEWS IN PRAYER , FRANKINCENSE OF AN OFFENSIVE ODOR WAS INCLUDED IN THE INCENSE USED IN THE HOLY TEMPLE .



A SIN REPEATED SEEMS PERMITTED .



THE EYE AND THE HEART ARE SINS' AGENT



RUN FROM SIN AS FROM A SNAKE ; IF YOU APPROACH , IT WILL BITE YOU .



SIN DESTROYS THE SOUL OF A MAN



IT IS BETTER TO BE CALLED A FOOL ALL OF ONE'S DAYS THAN TO SIN FOR ONE HOUR.



CONSIDER THREE THINGS AND YOU WILL AVOID SIN :



FROM THE MOMENT A MAN THINKS ABOUT COMMITTING A SIN HE IS FAITHLESS TO G-D



THE BIGGEST SINNER IS THE ONE WHO REGRETS HIS PREVIOUS GOODNESS



A LITTLE SIN IS BIG WHEN A BIG MAN COMMITS IT



IT IS WISE TO WORK AS WELL AS STUDY TORAH,  FOR BETWEEN THE TWO , YOU WILL FORGET TO SIN



RIGHTEOUSNESS EXALTS A NATION -  BUT SIN IS A PEOPLE'S RUIN



THE MAN WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE BUT FEAR OF SIN IS LIKE A CARPENTER WITHOUT TOOLS



DON'T KINDLE THE COALS OF A SINNER , YOU MAY BE SCORCHED BY THE FLAME OF HIS FIRE .



THEN PATH OF SINNERS IS PAVED SMOOTH ,  BUT AT ITS END LIES THE PIT OF HELL .



LET MAN LOVE MAN AND MERCY WIN , FROM THY GRACE NOT HIS SIN !



BEWARE OF THE PIOUS FOOL AND THE WISE SINNER



THE WICKED ARE SUBJECT TO THEIR PASSIONS ; THE RIGHTEOUS DOMINATE AND CONTROL THEM .



EVERY MAN IS THE SLAVE TO HIS PASSIONS .



IN THE BEGINNING , THE PASSIONS ARE AS TRAVELERS CARRYING OUT A BRIEF STAY AMONG US ; THEN THEY ARE GUESTS WHO VISIT US DAILY AND ULTIMATELY THEY BECOME ABSOLUTE MASTERS OF OUR WILL .



THIS THE FORCE OF A HABIT,  IT IS STRONGER THAN REASON.



PRIDE IS THE RESERVOIR OF SIN