Temptation can be tormenting, but remember: The torment of temptation to sin is nothing to compare with the torment of the consequences of sin. Remorse and regret cannot compensate for sin. . . . though sins can be forgiven immediately - the consequences can last a lifetime
The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.
If fortune torments me, hope contents me.
Reckon then that to acquire soul-winning power, you will have to go through mental torment and soul distress. You must go into the fire if you are going to pull others out of it, and you will have to dive into the floods if you are going to draw others out of the water. You cannot work a fire escape without feeling the scorch of the conflagration, nor man a lifeboat without being covered with the waves.
I love you still, that's the torment of it. Lestat I never loved. But you! The measure of my hatred is that love. They are the same! Do you know now how much I hate you!
May new sufferings torment your soul.
You can feel nothing but a torment, and believe nothing but a lie. You will not raise your head to look at all the miracles of life that surround you; but you will run ten miles to see a fight or a death.
Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.
Death is but an instant, life a long torment.
A person in torment is not going to give you anything.
The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding. . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration.
What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.
The expression if history in things is no other than that of past torment.
Solitude is a torment which is not threatened in hell itself.
Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
It is silliness to live when to live is torment.
I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace (Phil 1:29).
Mistakes were mistakes, and failures were failures. Why torment someone with the memories of their past?
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it.
When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy.