However costumed or made up, lust is no substitute for love; actually, brothers and sisters, it chokes out the development of real love, causing "the love of many [to] wax cold" (Matt. 24:12). No wonder we are told to "bridle all [our] passions, that [we] may be filled with love" (Alma 38:12). Otherwise, oozing passions fill the available soul space, and double occupancy is not possible.


Neal A. Maxwell, “The Seventh Commandment: A Shield,” Ensign, Nov. 2001, 78