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Suffering comes to ennoble man, to purge his thoughts of pride and superficiality, to expand his horizons. In sum, the purpose of suffering is to repair that which is faulty in a man's personality.
- Harold S. Kushner
Day and night, Seed-time and harvest, heat and hoary frost Shall hold their course, till fire purge all things new.
- John Milton
When the spirit passed through him he groaned, throwing body and soul into his weekly purge. The Amen enema, as I call it. My palindrome for the Reverend.
- Barbara Kingsolver
A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give the act to me. Purged of hope and ego, Fix your attention on the soul. Act and do for me.
- Steven Pressfield
Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth of self and pride. The hatred of the carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove: Give me a tender heart, resigned, And pure, and full of faith and love.
- John Wesley
We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.
- Shane Claiborne
Oh, that God would purge away my dross, and take away my tin, and refine me seven times.
- Jonathan Edwards
Forgotten is forgiven.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
Afflictions are sovereign medicines to kill spiritual diseases, look to the Lord to purge your sin, to refine you as silver in a crucible, and comfort yourself that you will lose nothing but the dross (Isa. 1:25—26).
- Joel Beeke
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Anonymous
If a man . . . purges himself . . ., he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and profitable for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work (2 Timothy 2:21).
- Andrew Murray