God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance. — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. In all my difficulties… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk,… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God;… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Adam was the image of God, he was man and woman, and yet neither of them before his Eve, but a masculine… — Jakob Bohme Copy Share Image
A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure...a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it. Holiness, therefore,… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
That conversation... was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
