Quotes About Purity

TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY. The word holy does not mean goody-goody; it means set apart for sacred use.

Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 14 – 15

The "pure" in heart know the temptation of externalism and the social honor that comes with being pure in hands, or in observance, or in reputation (15:1–20; 23:25–28).41 But the pure in heart see God as a person to be loved, so their first priority is God, and this love leads to loving others well.

Purity is not the same as morality but is about who or what is fit for the temple, and so classifications are made.

Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.

Q: How do you make holy water? A: Fill a pot with water and boil the hell out of it.

Four: Corruption of the Innocent. That's you guys.

Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. (2 Cor. 7:1 NIV)

My grandmother really liked virgins. There's nothing wrong with virgins, there's a time and a place for that. I had other things on my mind... like Robert Plant.

But I will wear white - the whitest white! - purest most pristine white! - through the dark terrible days of winter - as no man of our time will ever dare.

Like a virgin, touched for the very first time.

That was the greatest heart and the simplest that ever beat.

a fantastic collision (collide: 'from col- "together" + laedere "to strike" Ã¢â'¬â"¢). It is what happens when darkness meets light, when experience meets innocence, when the false meets the true, when utter godlessness meets purity of spirit

Twiss. Free of vice and gossip and idle tales." As the indicator arrow hit "B," Joseph switched to

I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

The sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes, had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths.

Then must you strive to be worthy of her love. Be brave and pure, fearless to the strong and humble to the weak; and so, whether this love prosper or no, you will have fitted yourself to be honored by a maiden's love, which is, in sooth, the highest guerdon which a true knight can hope for. Indeed

But then I get to thinking of our mortality and human weakness, remembering there has never been power with purity—anywhere. If you want to be pure, you must stand alone. If you seek to do positive things, achieve something, leave the world a mite better than you found it, then you must choose power and throw some of your purity away. There's no other choice.

Truth is most beautiful undraped.

Truth that is naked is the most beautiful.

It meant abstaining from all food, solid or liquid, but not from water.

Why are we not more holy?" asked John Wesley, another regular faster, addressing his preachers. "Chiefly because we are enthusiasts, looking for the end without the means.

più pura la morte, più salata la sventura, (...) più onesta e paurosa la terra.