Quotes About Purification

As iron cast into fire loses its rust and becomes glowing white, so he who turns completely to God is stripped of his sluggishness and changed into a new man.

The higher we went the more our spirits seemed to become purged and exalted. Once again I felt the influence on the soul of pure air, easy breathing and a vast horizon. Anyone would think the soul, too, was an animal with lungs and nostrils, and that it needed oxygen, was stifled in the dust or in the midst of too much stale breath.

Fill this cup to that love that never changes, never! Fill this cup to the love that goes on living forever! To the love that has been purified by earthly woes and at last with everlasting bliss... divinely glows!

Light defeats the dark. Fire purifies. And blood is at the heart of all.

The vitality of the ordinary members of society is dependent on its Outsiders. Many Outsiders unify themselves, realize themselves as poets or saints. Others remain tragically divided and unproductive, but even they supply soul-energy to society; it is their strenuousness that purifies thought and prevents the bourgeois world from foundering under its own dead-weight; they are society's spiritual dynamos.

Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.

Water must be boiled to kill any germs that it contains

It was finally all out of me... I was as pure and empty as the flames moving in front of me.

My lidé jsme ne?istí, a ?asto je zapotÃ…â"¢ebí dlouhého postu a bdÄ›ní, než porozumíme Å¡epotu své duÅ¡e.

In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.

Adult stem cells are also problematic, as they are difficult to identify, purify and grow, and simply may not exist for certain diseased tissues that need to be replaced.

Affliction promotes holiness. The more the diamond is cut, the more it sparkles!

There is a danger the wheat might burn with the chaff.

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 most just God.

Vive in silenzio il Dio che ha purgato questa terra con sale e cenere.

The words themselves are clean, so are the things to which they apply, but the mind drags in a filthy association. Well, then, cleanse the mind, that is the real job.

In your heart, all you have to do is purify yourself in such a way that you simply say, "Love is forgiving." Now, that last part can be both two words and one word. When it's one word, it's forgiving, which is what we've been discussing here. But it's also for giving, so it's a gift, meaning that you don't ask anything back of it.

Touch my lips with the burning coal, light me, and let it rain.

I've got to clean it." "You'll prob'ly find everything you need right over there by that sign that says, 'Godliness.' The cleanin' stuff's right next to it.

Tea purifies spirit, removes anxiety and nervousness, brings ease and comfort, and is conducive to meditation.

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.

Purifying the heart is a process. First, one must understand the necessity of having courtesy with God and the importance of fulfilling its requirements, as noted above. Second, one must be aware of the diseases of the heart—aware of their existence, their ailments, and the deleterious complications and troubles that ensue from them, and recognize that these diseases prevent one from attaining this courtesy.

This implies that purification is a lifelong process, not something that is applied once and then forgotten. Purity of heart never survives a passive relationship. One must always guard his or her heart.