Quotes About Purity

Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness.

For me, the Immaculate Conception is the feast of 'passive action,' the action that functions simply by the transmission through us of divine energy. Purity, in spite of outward appearances, is essentially an active virtue, because it concentrates God in us and on those who are subject to our influence.

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

It may be very difficult to keep the virtues of purity, passion, and sacrifice of love in real life.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous.

If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.

I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.

Een zuivere schim in een vervuilde schepping.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

The scene was horrid, yet it had the purity of a stanza from a ballad come to life, a ballad composed about tragic events in some border hell.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.

Mas agora, sejam santos em tudo quanto fizerem, tal como é santo o Senhor, que os convidou para serem seus filhos. O próprio Senhor disse: 'Vocês têm de ser santos, pois Eu Sou santo'" (1 Pe 1:15-16, ABV). Ser santo não é uma

Life is suffering. Until the great day of judgement, when peace and equanimity may be restored for those who are pure of heart and deed.

Being simple is hard work.

The music came through clearly. The new instrument had a much purer tone, she thought, than the old one. She decided that tone was most important and that she could conceal the cabinet behind a sofa. But as soon as she had made her peace with the radio, the interference began.

Lo que sentía por Eduardo era más parecido a la nostalgia que al espíritu aventurero del amor tradicional, pero no era un sentimiento menos fuerte. Comprendió que, si verdaderamente buscaba la pureza, nunca la encontraría en sí mismo.

To forgive is human, to forget divine. . .

True love waits, endures, hopes, trusts, and is pure. True love is all we need to become complete.

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil but then also do no evil.

The man who is pure dares because he has nothing to fear.