Quotes About Purity

Cleanliness begins with love for godliness

The Righteous God.

The light of fire is a holy flame.

Ultimately, the Buddhist teachings say, misfortune happens less often to those whose motives are pure.

whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely . . . think on these things.

The gardenia is an enigma, its petals dusted with the creamy white purity of innocence, but its aroma is wildly seductive. How appropriate; for in the language of flowers, the gift of gardenias conveys the message of secret love. —DB

Seasoning one's claims with self-irony and modesty, cultivating a tolerance for moral ambiguity, periodically practicing normative reticence, building up a resistance to the pleasure of purity, minding your own business, doing what you can to forget to wreak vengeance, defending negative freedom even if there is no such thing, and playing around are the best you can do. But that's quite a lot.

beautiful. Untarnished by the touches of other men, unencumbered with pride and vanity

It was enough that slander could ruin a woman, because her purity was the most important thing about her.

My heart is full and my weapon is clean.

Girls...only lift the veil over your body to the spouse who is worthy to see the glory of that unveiled mystery.

The body itself is pure. It is very good, but often a person's intentions are not. Therefore, the problem with immodesty is not that it reveals too much, but that it obscures the value of the person. Modesty, then, is not about hiding one's body but about revealing one's worth. It is an invitation to contemplation. It conceals certain parts of the body not because they are bad, but in order to invite others to discover one's full value as a person, thus opening a way toward love.

Faithfulness is not just about your body. If you have committed to a person, then you have committed to them as a person. This implies the fidelity of your eyes, your heart, your imagination, your speech, your intentions, and all that makes you up as a person....The real value of love is proved by being 100 percent faithful.

Purity is not about seeing less of the body, but about seeing more of the person.

Sex doesn't help you to get to know a guy. It clouds your judgment and often causes unmarried couples to think they have more in common than they really do. If they do marry, their lack of compatibility often comes to the surface later....One of the blessings of purity is that it brings such faults to the surface sooner rather than later.

Purity also offers you a new lens through which you view life. Not only are you more able to see God with the eyes of faith, you're also more able to see Him in others....Wouldn't it be nice not only to see God in a boyfriend, but know that your boyfriend sees God in you?

Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action.

Don't be impressed by the fact that a guy doesn't pressure you. He doesn't get any points for that. It's his duty as a gentleman. Besides, he should be encouraging you to be pure, not waiting for you to give in.

For God did not call us to impurity but to holiness. Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 1 Thess. 4:7–8

Keep things clean and unencumbered but don't sterilize.*

Mientras más perfecto sea el instrumento en su pureza, es decir, mientras menos filtros interfieran en su trabajo, la Realidad se percibirá como es: un proceso carente de azar.

whiter than lilies which are born and cease for being whiter than this world)

Resistance is weakness and fear masquerading as strength. What the ego sees as weakness is your Being in its purity, innocence, and power. What it sees as strength is weakness.