Purity Quotes

634 quotes by 417 authors

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. — Mahatma Gandhi
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. — Mahatma Gandhi
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. — Mahatma Gandhi
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our… — Mahatma Gandhi
I haven't got purity, and I don't think I ever did. I have always been, even as a child, a very decadent little person. — Marianne Faithfull
The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity. — Louis Farrakhan
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. — David Hare
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no… — Arthur Helps
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. — Matthew Henry
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm.… — Alfred Hitchcock
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives. — Eric Hoffer
Rare is the union of beauty and purity. — Juvenal
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. — Thomas a Kempis
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. — Thomas a Kempis
Purity of heart is to will one thing. — Soren Kierkegaard
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. — Milan Kundera
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and… — John Lennon
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both… — James Madison
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. — James Madison

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