"A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in."
C. S. Lewis
Wow, now that's a relief. I don't have to feel bad that there's so much bad tempting me. I'm not in fact naive while the "bad" kids know more. I know about the strength it takes to be good and I have not in fact been sheltered from the bad.
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