Purity Quotes - Page 5

• As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Temptation, Catholic, Grace

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• The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live a life of greater purity, sanctification and holiness when under the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit.

  Dag Heward-Mills

  Sweet, Holiness, Spirit

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• The moment you understand that there is an essence of purity in you, you will realize reality. The moment you realize reality you will have royalty, and then you don't have to say or do a thing. When your presence will work then you will emit wisdom.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Communication, Reality, Essence

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• The greatest gift you can give another person is strength.

  Caroline Myss

  Inspirational, Listening To Others, Giving

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2014

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• Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.

  Charles Dudley Warner

  Dirty, Naughty, Pie

  Charles Dudley Warner (1870). “My Summer in a Garden”, p.15

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• The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.

  Matthew Henry

  Peace, Church, Way

  Matthew Henry “Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume I-II - Leviticus to Deuteronomy”, Lulu.com

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• Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature.

  William Faulkner

  Negative, States, Contrary

  William Faulkner (2011). “FAULKNER READER”, p.116, Modern Library

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• There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

  Gautama Buddha

  Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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• Purity without balance is its own corruption.

  V. E. Schwab

  Balance, Corruption

  V. E. Schwab (2015). “A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel”, p.193, Macmillan

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• The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it. Holiness, therefore, is simply the state of grace purified, illuminated, beautified by the most perfect purity, exempt not only from mortal sin but also from the smallest faults; purity will make saints of you! Everything lies in this!

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Lying, Giving, Perfect

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• Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact and no explanation is necessary or pertinent. To explain is to apologize, and why should we apologize for living? To live—is that not enough? Let us then live, let us affirm! Herein lies Zen in all its purity and in all its nudity as well.

  D.T. Suzuki

  Life, Lying, Facts

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• To the pure all things are pure!

  Marcel Proust

  Chastity, Confidence In Others, All Things

  Marcel Proust (2006). “Remembrance of Things Past”, p.1081, Wordsworth Editions

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• Learn from the purity of nature.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism

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• When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Heart, Men

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.30, Discovery House

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• Become conscious of what you think during the day. A negative thought will enter you. At first it will be vague, innocuous, but then it will root in your consciousness and soon it will be impossible to eradicate.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Roots

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• Purity is something that can be consciously developed. Expect to have impure moments, thoughts, and ideas. One day they will go away, and then there will be happiness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Ideas, Going Away

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• Purity is developed through caring. You need to care about light and the matters of light, truth, religion and spirituality.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Caring, Light

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• Purity is the ability to see dharma in its manifold forms in any plane or loka.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Form, Planes

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• I want to let you in on a little secret. There are no problems. There are no problems. There never were any problems, there are no problems today, and there will never be any problems. Problems just mean that the world isn't turning the way you want it to. But in truth, there are no problems. Everything is unfolding as it should. Everything is right. You have to forget about yourself and expand your consciousness until you become the whole universe. The Reality in back of the universe is Pure Awareness. It has no problems. And you are That.

  Robert Adams

  Positive, Truth, Mean

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• Ikhlaas is to forget the vision of creation by constantly looking at the Creator.

  Al-Jahiz

  Wisdom, Religious, Islamic

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• Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit.

  Eric Liddell

  Crush, Mean, Doe

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• Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God's commands regarding sexual purity.

  Andy Stanley

  Dream, People, Broken

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• Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Humility, Wings, Divine

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• We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

  Jean Rostand

  Jobs, Teaching, Men

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• Many couples have made commitments to sexual purity, but instead of adopting a lifestyle that supports this commitment, they continue relationships that encourage physical expression and place themselves in dangerous settings. The path you take with your feet should never contradict the conviction of your heart.

  Joshua Harris

  Couple, Heart, Commitment

  Joshua Harris (2012). “I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance”, p.97, Multnomah

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