Purity Quotes · Page 30

“He represented purity, beauty, family, all of the things that had been taken from her. He was a glimmer of goodness in…

— Pam Godwin

Patience is the art of mental stamina and I always wished to meet you in person, Yet I waited in all the…

— Nkululeko Goqo

The sun rejoicing round the earth, announced Daily the wisdom, power and love of God. The moon awoke, and from her maiden…

— Robert Pollok

When the mind is not only silent, but that part of the mind that could become conscious that the mind is silent…

— Frederick Lenz

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme…

— John Piper

One need not scale the heights of the heavens, nor travel along the highways of the world to find Ahura Mazda. With…

— Zoroaster

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,…

— Anonymous

“...and it is characteristic of the young to become bound to an older and wiser man not only by the spell of…

— Umberto Eco

Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; ...these corrupted souls and…

— Saint Francis de Sales

Our world does not need to hear more people talk about God or even about Jesus if those people do not have…

— Dennis F. Kinlaw

Human life is precious, sublime and meaningful. But by involvement in purely worldly pursuits, the greatness of human birth is forgotten. Without…

— Sathya Sai Baba

A single note, held in an amber suspension of time, like a charcoal drawing of Icarus falling. It was sad and fierce…

— Karen Russell

At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity…

— Anonymous

Those who hope for purity and righteousness always try and destroy that which disturbs them. They think the disturbance comes from outside…

— Brad Warner

Consider who and what you are; who the Spirit is that is grieved, what he has done for you, what he comes…

— John Owen

“Any God-given gift we have been blessed with is public property in the sense that we have been given it for the…

— Donna Goddard

“No,' said Gould, with an unusual and convincing gravity; 'I do not believe that being perfectly good in all respects would make…

— G.K. Chesterton

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold…

— Swami Vivekananda

For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any…

— Naguib Mahfouz

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We…

— James D. Nicoll

Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the…

— Jonathan Edwards

No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for…

— Edward McKendree Bounds

Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation…

— Athanasius

“I'm dirty, Milena, infinitely dirty, which is why I make so much fuss about purity. No people sing with such pure voices…

— Franz Kafka

The viewer who sees only a study in the picture of the glass jug illuminated from behind fails to appreciate the masterly…

— Alexander Rodchenko

I'm not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this…

— Anonymous

To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the…

— Albert Pike

Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God are remedies for the want…

— Ellen G. White

Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products…

— Dieter Rams

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it…

— Joshua Harris

[Country Music] is the final destination for many punk rockers [...] Rockabilly is the mid-point and then [they] end up at Country…

— John C. Reilly

The world is living today in what might be described as an era of carnality, which glorifies sex, hates restraint, identifies purity…

— Fulton J. Sheen

“Higher LOVE has a mirror image...have you looked into it lately? When the wick of your soul is lit by love, it…

— Tracey Bond

It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion and all made of wishes, All adoration, duty, and observance,…

— William Shakespeare

It seems enormous to me that we have the idea of eternity, of justice, of purity, of beauty, when everything that we…

— Elisabeth of Wied

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then…

— Anonymous

When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth…

— Oswald Chambers

Vasari has been a trusted friend on my painting journey for the last 12 years. Vasari is hands down the best oil…

— David Kassan

The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the…

— Anonymous