Purity Quotes

• He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Love, Gratitude, Buddhist

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• To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him.

  Mother Teresa

  Beautiful, Knowing, Giving

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• Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.

  John Henry Newman

  Catholic, Soul, And Love

  John Henry Newman, James Tolhurst (1849). “Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations”, p.63, Gracewing Publishing

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• The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention

  Richard Moss

  Educational, Communication, Wrestling

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• Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Simple, Men, Wings

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• Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Perseverance, Essentials

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2794, Manonmani Publishers

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• A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the sea, no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will shine and attract all eyes. Thus the pure soul, which is hidden from the eyes of the world, will one day shine before the Angels in the sunshine of eternity.

  John Vianney

  Eye, Angel, Sunshine

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• Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.

  James A. Baldwin

  Heart, Evil, Imagination

  "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy". "Esquire" Magazine, May 1961.

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• Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

  Juvenal

  Beauty, Beautiful, Rome

  "Satires". Book by Juvenal, X, line 297, 1890.

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• Unless you have a great deal of purity, it's difficult to retain the higher light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Difficult

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• The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Goal, Lust, Pursuit

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• My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Strength, Heart

  "Sir Galahad" l. 3 (1842)

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• The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Character, Sisterhood

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.139, Courier Corporation

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• Purity means lack of hatred, jealousy, fear, greed and lust - the absence of anything that can stain consciousness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Mean, Buddhism, Hatred

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• Learn from the purity of nature.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism

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• Feel that your body is like a bundle of flowers. When someone gives you flowers you enjoy their beauty, their purity. But you realize that, one day, the flowers will wither and fade.

  Frederick Lenz

  Flower, Buddhism, Giving

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• The love of woman is a precious treasure. Tenderness has no deeper source, devotion no purer shrine, sacrifice no more saintlike abnegation.

  Germain-Francois Poullain de Saint-Foix

  Sacrifice, Treasure, Shrines

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• Search this world and find that being who you feel has the greatest light and become their apprentice.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, World

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• The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Scripture, Enlightened

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• Do you realize you can actually listen a person's soul into existence? Your fervent interest in the inner life of those you care for can awaken their dormant powers. The teacher Richard Moss says 'The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.' Offer this gift.

  Rob Brezsny

  Life, Teacher, Giving

  Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.178, Frog Books

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• Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

  Salman Rushdie

  History, Havoc, Explanation

  Salman Rushdie (1990). “In good faith”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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• Purity of heart is blooming the same colors in the middle of the wilderness when no one sees you.

  Vanna Bonta

  Heart, Color, Blooming

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• As you engage your mind in the scriptures, your mind will become pure.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Mind, Scripture

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• Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation.

  George Herbert

  Clothes, Mind, Body

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• Purity is also developed in action. Purity is developed when we love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Action

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