Quotes about purity are expressions that highlight the concept of being clean and uncontaminated. They emphasize the importance of maintaining a state of innocence and simplicity. These quotes often convey the idea of being free from impurities, both physically and morally. They remind us of the value of purity in our actions, thoughts, and relationships.
Cleanliness is a state of purity, clarity, and precision — Suze Orman
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. — Thomas a Kempis
True beauty consists of purity of heart. — Mahatma Gandhi
Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God. — Joshua Harris
Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. — John Henry Newman
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. — Henry David Thoreau
Cleanliness may be defined to be the emblem of purity of mind. — Joseph Addison
Where there is no purity, there is no Unity. Without Unity you cannot attain Divinity. Then your life is just a waste. First purity, next Unity, then you realize your Divinity. — Sathya Sai Baba
Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. — Swami Vivekananda
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. — Buddha
Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer. — Francis of Assisi
Cleanliness is next to godliness. — English Proverbs
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd. — Elisabeth Elliot
Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept. — Swami Vivekananda
God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling. — J. G. Holland
There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. — Buddha
Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love. — Pope John Paul II
When it comes time to die, make sure that all you have to do is die. — Jim Elliot
Purity Image Quotes
Design of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.
Emotional Purity Quotes
Wonder is a very subtle, precious emotion, often lost in the gross hustle and bustle of modern life. When we feel wonder, we are immediately reminded of the purity and innocence of our childhood. Then, everything was magical and mysterious. Magic should help us relive that wonder. — Doug Henning
Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion. — Elisabeth Elliot
The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity. — John Strachan
For me, anything can be music! I can get huge enjoyment and be moved totally by the purity and perfection of some Renaissance polyphony, but equally I can feel emotion in the expectant hum of a big old guitar amp just before the strings are hit. — Steven Price
Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity. It is a crystalline thing in which all the emotions play a role, but as if already celestially transposed. Moderation consists in feeling emotions as the angels do. — Andre Gide
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. — Azar Nafisi
Rodgers & Hammerstein shows have a purity of unironic emotion that imprints itself upon people's hearts. They seem to touch our feelings so effortlessly. They have a scope and ambition that's missing from many musicals now. — Mary Rodgers
I can't help but wonder why we, as Christ professing young women so easily submit our minds and emotions to an industry that openly mocks the purity and righteousness of our Heavenly Prince. — Leslie Ludy
Passion And Purity Quotes
Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to God about it whenever it intrudes upon one's thoughts. — Elisabeth Elliot
Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship. — Elisabeth Elliot
By trying to grab fulfillment everywhere, we find it nowhere. — Elisabeth Elliot
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. — Elisabeth Elliot
Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections. — Elisabeth Elliot
But the things that we feel most deeply we ought to learn to be silent about, at least until we have talked them over thoroughly with God. — Elisabeth Elliot
How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is inseparable from righteousness, unites us to God and strengthens us against temptations. The peace of the soul consists in an absolute resignation to the will of God. — Francois FeNelon
When ours are interrupted, his are not. His plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always (including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable). — Elisabeth Elliot
The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man. — William Howard Taft
Nature Purity Quotes
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. — Adi Shankara
It is the color closest to light. In its utmost purity it always implies the nature of brightness and has a cheerful, serene, gently stimulating character. Hence, experience teaches us that yellow makes a thoroughly warm and comforting impression. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
During the age Atlantis, there were only several hundred thousand people living on our planet. They lived in a sublime state of harmony with nature. At that time, because of the purity of the earth's aura, it was much easier to meditate. — Frederick Lenz
Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul. — Jonathan Edwards
God would not rub so hard if it were not to fetch out the dirt that is ingrained in our natures. God loves purity so well He had rather see a hole than a spot in His child's garments. — William Gurnall
Peace of heart is the natural outcome of purity of heart. — Spiros Zodhiates
Your own nature is pure, spotless, and pristine. Through association we drag ourselves down or we can raise ourselves up. — Frederick Lenz
Oh woman! lovely woman! nature made thee To temper man; we had been brutes without you; Angels are painted fair to look like you; There's in you all that we believe of heaven, Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love. — Thomas Otway
The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. — Guillaume Apollinaire
Water Purity Quotes
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
Eureka! Eureka!
Supposed to have been his cry, jumping naked from his bath and running in the streets, excited by a discovery about water displacement to solve a problem about the purity of a gold crown. — Archimedes
The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water. — Alexander Pope
The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and our living environment. It is literally now or never. — Richard M. Nixon
We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying; yet these remedies are going out of date because their skillful use requires work that the people do not appreciate. — Ellen G. White
Although many swamis and yogis had come from India to the West, Prabhupada was the only one with the purity and devotion to establish India's ancient Krishna conscious philosophy around the world on its own terms-not watered down, but as it is. — Mukunda Goswami
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
The human mind has claimed for water one of its highest values-the value of purity. — Gaston Bachelard
The word 'pure' has never revealed an intelligent meaning to me. I can only use the word to quench an optical thirst for purity in the transparencies that evoke it - in bubbles, in a volume of water, and in the imaginary latitudes entrenched, beyond reach, at the very center of a dense crystal. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Love Purity Quotes
The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth. — John Vianney
The woman who makes a sweet, beautiful home, filling it with love and prayer and purity, is doing something better than anything else her hands could find to do beneath the skies. — J.R. Miller
The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance. — John Vianney
Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust — Pope Clement I
To be pure, to remain pure, can only come at a price, the price of knowing God and loving him enough to do his will. He will always give us the strength we need to keep purity as something as beautiful for him. — Mother Teresa
As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs. And as long as we have our films, we can preserve signs in their old purity. It is my hope that we will all love and guard our beautiful sign language as the noblest gift God has given to deaf people. — George Veditz
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance. — P. T. Barnum
Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. — Saint Augustine
See the world with the innocence of children.
Approach the world with the daring of children.
Love the world with the readiness of children.
Heal the world with the purity of children.
Change the world with the wisdom of children. — Neale Donald Walsch
You carry your snare everywhere and spread your nets in all places. You allege that you never invited others to sin. You did not indeed, by your words, but you have done so by your dress and your deportment. — Saint John Chrysostom
Soul Purity Quotes
Bliss in depletion. I finally got it. It's that beautiful place of ascetic purity that is permitted to bloom only when the mind is stopped dead in its tracks and everything else is stripped away, leaving your soul--or who you really are--to forge a connection with the truth. — Rich Roll
Judy Garland was the singer I most wanted to sound like then, not to copy, but to get some of her soul and purity. A wonderful young voice. — Sarah Vaughan
Temple going is for the purification of the soul. — Mahatma Gandhi
As soon as you willfully allow a dialogue with temptation to begin, the soul is robbed of peace, just as consent to impurity destroys grace. — Josemaria Escriva
The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul! — Lord Byron
Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together. — Vincent Van Gogh
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. — John Lennon
Any action done with beauty and purity, and in complete harmony of body, mind and soul, is Art. — B.K.S. Iyengar
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. — Mahatma Gandhi
The real question, after all, is not the quantity of life, but its quality, its depth, its purity, its fortitude, its fineness of spirit and gesture of soul. — Joseph Fort Newton
Purity And Love Quotes
We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions. — Alphonsus Liguori
Life is what we are alive to. It is not length, but breadth. To be alive only to appetite, pleasure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God and eternal hopes, it is to be all but dead. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life — St. Jerome
I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness. — Charles Spurgeon
Purity perceives and respects the character of sex-its depth, seriousness, intimacy, and true home within wedded love, which alone makes possible the total and mutual gift of self. — Dietrich von Hildebrand
Whatever is done lovingly, with righteous purity and with peace of mind, is a good action. Everything which is done with the stain of desire and with agitation filling the mind is classified as a bad action. — Ramana Maharshi
If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating. — Paulo Coelho
Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity. — St. Jerome
Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone. — John Piper
In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh. — Thomas Aquinas
Chastity Purity Quotes
To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You - what have you done? — Josemaria Escriva
When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph. — Josemaria Escriva
God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform. — John of the Cross
Obedience to the law of chastity will increase our happiness in mortality and make possible our progress in eternity. — David A. Bednar
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast. And that crusade is your work. — Josemaria Escriva
That conversation... was as dirty as a sewer! It is not enough for you to take no part in it. You must show your repugnance for it strongly! — Josemaria Escriva
God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. — Saint Augustine
Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.' — Saint Augustine
Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. — Josemaria Escriva
We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions. — Peter Julian Eymard
Purity Of Intention Quotes
In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. — George Washington
Nothing can compare to creating characters and worlds out of thin air with your friends and making a book exactly the way you think it should be made, pure creative freedom, purity of intention, with no boundaries. — Rick Remender
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him. — Thomas a Kempis
In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. — Paul Bettany
This grace (purity of intention) is so excellent that it sanctifies the most common actions of our life and yet is so necessary that without it, the very best actions of our devotion are imperfect and vicious. — Jeremy Taylor
I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Two wings lift a person up from earthly concerns: Simplicity in intention, and Purity in feeling. — Thomas a Kempis
But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I do love the young adult novels as a form and genre, because it has a purity of intention and heart. — Ira Sachs
We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern. — Saint Basil
Moral Purity Quotes
Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts. — Mahatma Gandhi
[T]he Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis, or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government. . . . and I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence. — Noah Webster
The Lord intends us to be powerful people-mighty in optimism and hopeful of spirit, powerful in evangelistic zeal, potent in influence, sturdy in moral fiber and purity. We can be powerhouses in prayer and preaching. — David Jeremiah
Women particularly can dress modestly and in the process contribute to their own self respect and to the moral purity of men. In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for. — Tad R. Callister
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk about the purity of race. — Umberto Eco
Purity in person and in morals is true godliness. — Hosea Ballou
Perfect taste is the faculty of receiving the greatest possible pleasure from those material sources which are attractive to oar moral nature in its purity and perfection. — John Ruskin
When you find me attempting to break into your house to take your plate, under any pretence whatsoever, but most of all under pretence of purity of religion and Christian charity shoot me for a robber and a hypocrite, as in that case I shall certainly be. — Edmund Burke
While the political right may moralize sex, the political left is doing it with food. Food is becoming extremely moralized nowadays, and a lot of it is ideas about purity, about what you're willing to touch, or put into your body. — Jonathan Haidt
Purity And Innocence Quotes
Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence. — Lena Dunham
Mind is repetitive, mind always moves in circles. Mind is a mechanism: you feed it with knowledge, it repeats the same knowledge, it goes on chewing the same knowledge again and again. No-mind is clarity, purity, innocence. No-mind is the real way to live, the real way to know, the real way to be. — Osho
We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off. — Federico Fellini
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the devil. Like is quickly shown to like. The simplicity of the dove denotes purity of action. — Syncletica of Alexandria
Photography is Photography; And in it's purity and innocence is far too uniquely, valuable and beautiful to be spoilt by making it imitate something else. — Frederick H. Evans
India has the purity, the innocence. India knows what it wants. There is a direction. It has so much to offer. — Anil Kapoor
The human body represents to me the same universal innocence, timelessness and purity of all seed pods, suggesting the mother as well as the child, the parental as well as the descendant, conceived according to nature's longings. — Ruth Bernhard
Let the purity and innocence of a child be your one and only religion! — Mehmet Murat Ildan
Parents don't want their children to lose that purity and innocence of childhood. We want to bottle that and hold onto that, but it's impossible. — Pete Docter
I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a certain innocence in them. The humor has a kind of purity to it, I guess. And it works better on some level for me now. — Gary Larson
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality. — Socrates
When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes. — Smith Wigglesworth
Good design is as little design as possible. Less, but better - because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity. — Dieter Rams
Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity. — Polycarp
Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself. — Sivananda
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause. — Swami Vivekananda
The Holy Spirit has a sanctifying influence. The influence of the Holy Spirit tends towards sanctification, purity and holiness. Expect to live a life of greater purity, sanctification and holiness when under the sweet influence of the Holy Spirit. — Dag Heward-Mills
A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will separate it from his love. Purity, chastity, and virginity created a special beauty in Mary that attracted God's attention. He showed his great love for the world by giving Jesus to her. — Mother Teresa
It was this new lifestyle--not race results, finishing times, or age-group rankings--that captivated me. I reveled in the simple purity of the outdoor experience that washed over me in the midst of a trail run, the feeling of calm that enveloped me while engaged in a hard swim, and the satisfying camaraderie I discovered while pedaling with gung-ho fellow bikers. — Rich Roll
Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For we should not call men truly free when they are wicked and dissolute, since they are slaves to worldly passions. Freedom and happiness of soul consist in genuine purity and detachment from transitory things. — Anthony the Great
My purity manifests itself in countless ways, including an utter inability to sit idly when exposed to attacks on truth, reason, logic, and/or individual dignity. — Gad Saad
If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity is necessary. To accomplish so resolute an action, you have to stake your life, giving no thought to personal gain or loss. — Yukio Mishima
Complete honesty has nothing to do with 'purity' or naivety. The full truth is unattainable to naivety, and the completely honest artist is not pure in heart. — Clement Greenberg
Let your modesty be a sufficient incitement, yea, an exhortation to everyone to be at peace on their merely looking at you. — Ignatius of Loyola
God was conceived of a most pure Virgin ... it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived. — Anselm of Canterbury
During the age of Atlantis, the low population density and the resulting purity of the earth's aura, made conditions ideal for discovering secret meditation techniques. — Frederick Lenz
I suggest you take a look at yourself. Not the concepts, not the ideas, not the goods, not the bads. But a timeless purity of existence. A witness to the beauty that is. — Prem Rawat
None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them. — Ellen G. White
Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God. — John Wesley
In Conclusion
Purity quotes encourage us to strive for integrity and authenticity in our lives. They promote the idea of being genuine and true to oneself, without compromising on values or principles. These quotes remind us that purity is a virtue that can bring clarity and peace to our lives, helping us to lead a more meaningful and fulfilling existence.
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