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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• True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Lying, Heart

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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 of heart is what enables us to see.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Heart

  Pope Benedict XVI (2009). “Jesus of Nazareth”, Rizzoli International Publications

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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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• 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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• Avoid the company of the wicked, those who would do injury to you or to others. Like a disease their energy is something you can catch.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Wicked, Energy

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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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• Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

  Hosea Ballou

  Moral, Persons, Godliness

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• Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.

  Thomas a Kempis

  God, Simplicity, Affection

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• Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Long

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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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• Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

  James Madison

  Government, Atheism, Liberty

  James Madison (1867). “1816-1828”, p.276

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• The Buddha said that all conscious beings possess an enlightened nature.
  Because of that, we have this natural purity, peacefulness and power.
  We can rest the mind naturally because we are already in possession of these qualities.
  If one can rest the mind naturally, that's the best meditation.

  Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

  Meditation, Mind, Quality

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• Your life will be joyful and complete when you have a pure heart and your motives are unsullied.

  Frederick Lenz

  Heart, Buddhism, Joyful

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• It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

  John Piper

  Blessed, Heart, Matthew

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• Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

  Chanakya

  Education, Wisdom, Heart

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• Purity is something that comes from another world. It's a radiance that enters into this world of transformation and change.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Radiance, World

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• Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you.

  Ignatius of Loyola

  Catholic, Modesty, Incitement

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• Purity is light. Not just an ordinary light, but a transcendental light.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Light, Ordinary

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• Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Effort, Strange, Born

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “This Matter of Culture”

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• The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Love, Men, Earth

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.512, Delphi Classics

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• Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Crush, Able, Faces

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.202, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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