To Florus 3.111

In the preceding examples I emphasized a fully formed intention rather than the accomplishment of acts, because murder of a parent, sacrilege, adultery, and similar deeds are easier to avoid than to commit. An evil will does not always have the opportunity to carry out what it wants. Conversely, abstaining from these things involves complete quiet—unless you call the very unwillingness to toil a kind of toil. I pass over what holy Scripture, presented by prophets, evangelists, and apostles, and teachers shining with catholic soundness—John, Basil, Theodore, and others like them—have commended: committing crimes takes much greater effort than avoiding them.