Quotes About Purity

Do you know,' he said quietly. 'I think a baby's hand is the most beautiful thing in the world.

To God obscenity is not uncovered flesh. It is exposed intention. Nakedness is just a state of heart.

Toda a maldade, mesquinhez e malícia eram silenciosamente deixadas fermentar debaixo de uma superfície que devia parecer sempre imaculadamente limpa e pura.

A los recién casados parece como si les volviera de repente todo el candor de la infancia.

Her idea had a beautiful simplicity at first.

The way to truth stands open only to those without intentions.

Because he always teaches the unexcelled way, He will be called Universal Light. His land will be clean and pure. And all its bodhisattvas will be daring.

Fire existed only for a moment, remade with every passing second, constantly replaced by newly-created flames. While the burning materials might be of this world and contaminated by chaos, the actual tongues of fire were untouched. They were free from corruption as they winked in and out of existence.

Purity in body and heart May please some--as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use.

Innocence is no earthly weapon.

Perhaps the most effective dogma of medieval Christianity was its persistent and pervasive disparagement of sexual desire as something polluted and inherently evil. Ordinary men and women may not have grasped the subtle theological arguments and distinctions of Augustine and Aquinas, but they did come to understand that sex was shameful.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

After reviewing how denominational strife had led to war and while admitting the guilt of many Confederates, a Baptist preacher concluded that "faith once delivered to the Saints has been maintained in its integrity and purity throughout the States of the South.

The righteousness of the Kingdom is a righteousness which only God Himself can give. Perfect purity, perfect honesty, perfect love, perfect forgiveness: what man is there anywhere in any dispensation who can live such a life?

There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.

Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.

Innocence is indeed a glorious thing, only, on the other hand, it is very sad that it cannot well maintain itself, and is easily seduced.

Every human soul has seen, perhaps before their birth pure forms such as justice, temperance, beauty and all the great moral qualities which we hold in honour. We are moved towards what is good by the faint memory of these forms simple and calm and blessed which we saw once in a pure, clear light being pure ourselves.

Any society contains propaganda, but it is important to distinguish this from art and to preserve the purity and independence of the practice of art. A good society contains many different artists doing many different things. A bad society coerces artists because it knows that they can reveal all kinds of truths.

We must keep this love uncontaminated even if we kill it.

They had painted in a grand rush to keep intact the purity of their first impression, the mood in which the motif had been conceived.

The human race was only bearable when the obscene juices of living were being constantly washed away.

Kill us in the clear light on the Moon, where the sky is black and soft, where the stars shine brightly, where the cleanliness and purity of vacuum make all things sharp. - Not in this low-clinging, fuzzy blue.

Así de sencillo.