Purity Quotes

634 quotes by 417 authors

The price of purity is purists. — Calvin Trillin
I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity. — Jean-Paul Sartre
We care about moral issues, nobility, decency, happiness, goodnessâ€”the issues that matter in the real world, but which can only be addressed, in their purity,… — Orson Scott Card
It was the work of the quiet mountains, this torrent of purity at my feet. — Jack Kerouac
My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants… — Ezra Taft Benson
When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to… — Thomas Merton
I wished I could explain it to those I loved, my mother, to Japhy, but there just weren't any words to describe the nothingness and… — Jack Kerouac
[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation. — Charles Baxter
My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?... — Brent Weeks
She represents love, beauty, purity, the ideal female and the moon...and she's the mystÃ¨re of jealousy, vengeance and discord, AND, on the other hand, of… — Zadie Smith
Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood. — Yukio Mishima
True affection and love have a purity which shall always prevail over bigotry. — Libba Bray
Letâ€™s state it clearly: One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily,… — Richard Rohr
At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but… — C.S. Lewis
He sat on as the sun's rays came slowly down through the trees, lower and lower, and when the lowest reached a branch not far… — Patrick O'Brian
Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love. — Ayn Rand
The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierce in her chastity, scornful in her purity, was laid out on… — Virginia Woolf
And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame. — Charlotte Bronte
All that remains of that minute is time in all its purity, bone-white time. — Marguerite Duras
Unicorns are not to be forgiven." The magician felt himself growing giddy with jealousy, not only of the touch but of something like a secret… — Peter S. Beagle

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