Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity.… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity. — D. H. Lawrence 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
The stream is always purer at its source. [Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.] — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
We've got Chinese, white, black and mixed; but remember that our colors are cheap, for after many years of contracts and tricks… — Nicolas Guillen Copy Share Image
As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“He knew what she wanted, and he wanted it, too; he was ready, but not, despite her gorgeousness, with Tiglah. Tiglah was… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Only one thing I expect from all of you: to be yourself, to discover your inner beauty, your purity of consciousness, your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues; purity, charity and obedience. It is in being humble that our love becomes real, devoted… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself.… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
She represents love, beauty, purity, the ideal female and the moon...and she's the mystère of jealousy, vengeance and discord, AND, on the… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“All I’m saying is that I want you to be happy. I don’t care how it happens, or what it takes to… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
I'm not nearly as much of a fan of the NBA as I was maybe 10 or 15 years ago, or certainly… — Len Elmore Copy Share Image
[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . .… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Historically, there are hierarchies of purity. Certain aspects of poetry are very, very pure. The lyric poem can't be anything but the… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil… — Shane Claiborne 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