"It's easier to leave something if you believe you've found something better. As humans, we don't exist very well in vacuums; we're sucked one way or the other by our passions, so -- spiritually speaking -- instead of seeking a passionless existence, we need to more intensely focus our affections. John of the Cross points out that the lure of the world can be so strong that "if the spiritual part of the soul is not fired with other more urgent longings for spiritual things," the soul won't be able (or it will simply lack the courage) to deny its appetites for the wrong things."
Gary Thomas, The Glorious Pursuit
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