Quotes about Purity
There was a serenity about him always that had the look of innocence, when, technically, the word was no longer applicable.
— Virginia Woolf
I am she that men call Modesty. Virgin I am and ever shall be. Not for me the fruitful fields and the fertile vineyard. Increase is odious to me; and when the apples burgeon or the flocks breed, I run, I run, I let my mantle fall. My hair covers my eyes, I do not see. Spare, O spare!
— Virginia Woolf
Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things.
— Lao Tzu
I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.
— Charles Dickens
It is no small thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.
— Charles Dickens
but such is the wisdom of simplicity!
— Charles Dickens
Innocence is a kind of insanity
— Graham Greene
Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters , is of importance. And I have no doubt that every new example, will succeed, as every past one has done, in shewing that religion & Govt. will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together . [ Letter to Edward Livingston, 10 July 1822 - Writings 9:100--103 ]
— James Madison
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
— Tertullian
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
— Thomas Merton
The God whom we worship is holy, the work we are employed in is holy, the place we hope to arrive at is holy; all this calls for holiness.
— Thomas Watson
A pure heart avoids that which may be interpreted as evil. He who is loyal to his prince not only forbears to have his hand in treason, but he takes heed of that which has an appearance of treason.
— Thomas Watson