Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
“Books are where the ideas come from, though the ideas need to be simplified, reduced, submitted to ideological purification." ("Notes on the… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
Men of stainless character and self purification will easily inspire confidence and automatically purify the atmosphere around them. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Suffering often draws us closer to God. Instead of being a sign of God's punishment or distance, suffering can purify us, lead… — Allen R. Hunt Copy Share Image
When I started going to church, my first memories are of the minister getting up and accusing us of being full of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgements, and purification consists in producing in it right judgements, and the pure soul is one… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith ; and in this sense… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by… — Belle Boyd Copy Share Image
“[Sylvain] told us that in India it's sometimes considered a purification ritual to go home and spend a year eating everything from… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
All these disciplines are for the purification of the heart. And as soon as it is pure, all truths flash upon it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
He [Aristotle] pointed out that people who had become initiates in the various mystery religions were not required to learn any facts… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man's; that he possesses body, parts and passions;… — B. H. Roberts Copy Share Image
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz Copy Share Image
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from… — Wang Wei Copy Share Image
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life.… — Meher Baba Copy Share Image
The aquifer [is] the water table people need to keep secure. Nature has this incredible system of water purification under the ground.… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
Koons's work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Vocal rest is awesome. It is like any kind of fast. Firstly, it is a purification of speech. It made me realize… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Training was a rite of purification; from it came speed, strength. Racing was a rite of death; from it came knowledge. Such… — John L. Parker Jr Copy Share Image
For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The Government, being resolved to undertake the political and moral purification of our public life, are creating and securing the conditions necessary… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“In spiritual and shamanic traditions, every trial is seen as an opportunity for purification and learning. Stagnating in pain dissipates vital energy… — Marie Chieze Copy Share Image
If you die to everything you know,including your family,yourmemory,everything you have felt,then death is a purification,a rejuvenating process;then death brings innocence and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The images which the [press] photographer has filtered from reality, whether particular events or the anguish of human reactions to them, already… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
![“[Sylvain] told us that in India it's sometimes considered a purification ritual to go home and spend a year eating everything from one place--ideally, even to grow it yourself. I liked this name for what we had done: a purification ritual, to cultivate health and gratitude. It sounds so much…” quote by Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/barbara-kingsolver-200_purification_sylvain-told-us-that-in-india-it-s-somet_2304908.jpg)
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