Pure Quotes - Page 28

Eating a slice of white bread is like eating pure sugar.

Barry Sears

White, Sugar, Bread

10 Copy quote
Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off... All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.

Thomas A. Edison

Simple, Men, Discovery

"Makers of the Modern World: The Lives of Ninety-two Writers, Artists, Scientists, Statesmen, Inventors, Philosophers, Composers, and Other Creators who Formed the Pattern of Our Century". Book by Louis Untermeyer, 1955.

4 Copy quote

Show source
Have the willingness to go into the roots of your worst fear until you feel the essence of what you are, your pure potential, the foundation of what you really are.

Brandon Bays

Healing, Essence, Roots

16 Copy quote
To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Happiness, Joy, Way

Friedrich Nietzsche; (2016). “Human, All Too Human”, p.95, Xist Publishing

19 Copy quote

Show source
I have now reigned above fifty years in victory and peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to be wanting for my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot: they amount to fourteen. O man, place not thy confidence in this present world!

Abd-ar-Rahman III

Happiness, Peace, Men

11 Copy quote
See what an atmosphere of holiness is here the pure air of the Ganga what an assemblage of Sadhus will you find anywhere a place like this!

Swami Vivekananda

Air, Atmosphere, Holiness

Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda (1964). “Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda”

4 Copy quote

Show source
My life is brillant, My love is pure.

James Blunt

Stupid, Love Is, Life Is

"Song: 'You're Beautiful'". 2004.

13 Copy quote

Show source
Somebody told a lie one day. They couched it in language. They made everything Black ugly and evil. Look in your dictionaries and see the synonyms of the word Black. It's always something degrading and low and sinister. Look at the word White, it's always something pure, high and clean.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Beautiful, Lying, White

"The Unfathomably Weird Case of Rachel Doležal" by Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. June 16, 2015.

8 Copy quote

Show source
Now morn, her rosy steps in th' eastern clime Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl, When Adam wak'd, so custom'd; for his sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

John Milton

Sleep, Light, Earth

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.118

6 Copy quote

Show source
His sleep Was aery light, from pure digestion bred.

John Milton

Sleep, Light, Digestion

John Milton (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.118

6 Copy quote

Show source
Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we need to discard the idea of longevity and cease loving this life, instead committing these things to God and, believing that no one ever escapes destiny, to consider, with that in mind, how we may live the best possible life in the time that remains.

Marcus Aurelius

Life, Believe, Destiny

4 Copy quote
Love is not a word that describes my feelings; it is not a technique by which I fulfill my needs; it is not an ideal, abstract and pure, on which I meditate or discourse. It is acting in correspondence with or in response to God in relation to persons.

Eugene H. Peterson

Love, Feelings, Acting

Eugene H. Peterson (2006). “God's Message for Each Day: Wisdom from the Word of God”, Thomas Nelson Inc

10 Copy quote

Show source
Wise woman healing teaches the importance of excellent nutrition during pregnancy, understanding that your form your child and yourself from the nourishment you receive in the forty weeks of pregnancy. Excellent nutrition includes pure water, controlled breath, abundant light, loving and respectful relationships, beauty and harmony in daily life, positive, joyous thoughts, and vital foodstuffs.

Susun Weed

Wise, Children, Pregnancy

9 Copy quote
People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.

M. Night Shyamalan

Two, Numbers, People

"Signs". www.imdb.com. 2002.

13 Copy quote

Show source
There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun.

Wavy Gravy

Art, Fun, Mistake

6 Copy quote
Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages

Jean Paul

Jesus, Hands, Age

8 Copy quote
It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on the globe.

Zadie Smith

Bags, Easier, Hoover

Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.196, Vintage

7 Copy quote

Show source
A good digestion is as truly obligatory as a good conscience; pure blood is as truly a part of mankind as a pure faith; and a well ordered skin is the first condition of that cleanliness which is next to Godliness.

Henry Ward Beecher

Blood, Skins, Next

9 Copy quote
...Where and when God finds you ready, he must act and overflow into you, just as when the air is clear and pure, the sun must overflow into it and cannot refrain from doing that.

Meister Eckhart

Spiritual, Air, Sun

26 Copy quote
Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

Huangbo Xiyun

Spiritual, Joy, Peaceful

51 Copy quote
Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together.

Sergei Lukyanenko

Sensual, Together, Different

Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

4 Copy quote

Show source
I believe that all centers that appear in space - whether they originate in biology, in physical forces, in pure geometry, in color - are alike simply in that they all animate space. It is this animated space that has its functional effect upon the world, that determines the way things work, that governs the presence of harmony and life.

Christopher Alexander

Believe, Origin Of Life, Color

27 Copy quote
If you were a pure bolt of fire-cutting the skies I'd touch you-risking my life-not because I'm brave or strong, but because I'm fascinated by what the outcome would be.

Nikki Giovanni

Strong, Cutting, Sky

13 Copy quote
Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business. Which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself.

Rosanna Arquette

Art, Business, Important

4 Copy quote
Read. Read every chance you get. Read to keep growing. Read history. Read poetry. Read for pure enjoyment. Read a book called Life on a Little Known Planet. It's about insects. It will make you feel better.

David McCullough

Reading, Book, Feel Better

7 Copy quote