Purification Quotes

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Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter. — Henri Nouwen
At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when… — Mahatma Gandhi
And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well/ By the purification of the motive/ In the ground of our beseeching — Thomas Stearns Eliot
There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief act of faith… — Gregory of Nyssa
The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble. — Sogyal Rinpoche
We too often forget that faith is a matter of questioning and struggle before it becomes one of certitude and peace. You have to doubt… — Thomas Merton
Vegetarianism functioned as a purification. When you eat animals you are more under the law of necessity. You are heavy, you gravitate more towards the… — Rajneesh
Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves. — Henri Nouwen
King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the same time it's also a… — Bruce Dickinson
Has God no living church? He has a church, but it is the church militant, not the church triumphant. We are sorry that there are… — Ellen G. White
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right… — Epictetus
It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification. — Billy Graham
How could sufferings be relieved through purification? To know the Path is to get lost at the ford. Indeed, sickness comes from worldly love And… — Wang Wei
Children, in the present dark age of materialism, chanting the mantra is the easiest way for us to obtain inner purification and concentration. Japa can… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Making love? It's a communion with a woman. The bed is the holy table. There I find passion -- and purification. — Omar Sharif
...the aim of every hierarchy is always to imitate God so as to take on His form... the task of every hierarchy is to receive… — Maximus the Confessor
Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits — Napoleon Bonaparte
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 with traditional artistic… — Jerry Saltz
There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a… — Oscar Wilde
purification in fire. public cremation — Janet Fitch

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