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Purity is absence of sin or guilt

• Purity: Absence of vice in human character.  Freedom from immorality, sin or guilt.  Freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes.  Oxford Dictionary
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Purity is about pursuit of righteousness

• True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise. Joshua Harris

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Purity is unconscious modesty

• Modesty is conscious Purity; Purity is unconscious Modesty. Modesty may be known under any veil; Purity cannot be certainly known until every veil has fallen away. Richard Garnett
• 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. Saint Alphonsus Liguori
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Purity is the lily of virtues

• Chastity is the lily of virtues and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of man is chastity, which is called honesty, and the observance of it, honor and also integrity; and its contrary is called corruption; in short, it has this peculiar excellence above the other virtues, that it preserves both soul and body fair and unspotted. Saint Francis de Sales
• Holy Purity, the queen of virtues, the angelic virtue, is a jewel so precious that those who possess it become like the angels of God in heaven, even though clothed in mortal flesh. Saint John Bosco
• 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
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Aspire to be pure in thoughts, words and actions

• Purity is the soul’s birthright. Let thoughts, words and actions be filled with this. Brahma Kumaris
• Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. Mahatma Gandhi
• 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. Saint Peter Julian Eymard

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Be pure in spirit

• Purity is the diamond of the soul. Edward Counsel

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Be pure in heart

• 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
• Purity of heart is to will one thing. Soren Kierkegaard
• The most professional curse ever snarled or croaked or thundered can have no effect on a pure heart. Peter S. Beagle
• If heart filled with purity, then mind found the beauty. Toba Beta
• Purity in the heart is like medicine in the body, it expels disease. Ich Dien
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Be pure of mind

• I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. Mahatma Gandhi
• The purification of the mind is very necessary. Swami Satchidananda
• Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible. Mahatma Gandhi
• If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. Buddha

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Be pure in thought

• As a good tree produces good fruit; even so does a virtuous soul produce pure thoughts. William Scott Downey
• Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Holy Bible
• Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. Mahatma Gandhi
• The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. John Ruskin
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Be pure in love

• The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. John Ruskin
• He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor. Saint Bede the Venerable
• Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. John Henry Cardinal Newman
• He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. Thomas a Kempis
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Be pure in speech

• Never talk of impure things or events, not even to deplore them. Look, it’s a subject that sticks more than tar. Change the conversation, or if that’s not possible, continue, but speaking of the need and beauty of holy purity–a virtue of the men who know what their souls are worth. Josemaria Escriva
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Be pure in intention

• God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. Saint Augustine
• What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi Pietro
• 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. Saint Peter Julian Eymard
• God desires from you the least degree of purity of conscience more than all the works you can perform. John of the Cross
• 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
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Purity is not crushing your instincts, but not being a slave to them

• Purity does not mean crushing the instincts but having the instincts as servants and not the master of the spirit. Eric Liddell

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Purity is not about flaunting superficial morality

• People struggle more with purity than any other issue in the Christian life. That’s because the way we tend to think of purity is debilitating to the soul. Our understanding and expression of purity is often limited to making self-conscious and grand, heroic gestures to say no to certain activities or life choices. We do what’s expected: sign the card, make the promise, say the pledge–anything to keep our best foot forward (and our faults hidden). The tragedy is, this self-seeking approach to purity reduces the Christian life to superficial morality. Every choice becomes a platform to flaunt our assumed moral high ground, and we transform ourselves into representatives of a heavy-handed legalism. What an unadulterated view of purity! David Edwards
• No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. James Baldwin

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Purity brings rich rewards

• . . . meekness, love, purity, these are the things that should magnify us. Joseph Smith Jr.
• A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
• My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Purity in the heart is like medicine in the body, it expels disease. Ich Dien
• Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. Thomas Kempis
• Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. John Henry Cardinal Newman
• It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. Margaret Fuller

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Purity connects you to the divine, allowing you to see God

• Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform. Chanakya
• Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. Jesus
• Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open. Henry David Thoreau
• “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of no secret deceit; who are the same in act as they are in desire; who conceal no thought, no tendencies of thought, from their own conscience; who are faithful and sincere witnesses, before the tribunal of their own judgments, of all that passes within their mind. Such as these shall see God. Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Those whose hearts are pure are the temples of the Holy Spirit. Lucy
• The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it. Holiness, therefore, is simply the state of grace purified, illuminated, beautified by the most perfect purity, exempt not only from mortal sin but also from the smallest faults; purity will make saints of you! Everything lies in this! Peter Eymard
• 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
• Purity is the gatekeeper for everything precious and blissful in God’s kingdom. Eric Ludy
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Purity opens the gates to self-respect and love

• When you express “purity” which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self- esteem, and self-confidence! Tae Yun Kim
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Purity opens the way to beauty

• Rare is the union of beauty and purity. Juvenal
• If heart filled with purity, then mind found the beauty. Toba Beta
• The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance. Saint John Vianney
• There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. Arthur Helps
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Being pure makes all things pure

• To the pure all things are pure! Marcel Proust
• Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Bible
• If a man’s mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. Buddha

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God is present in every pure and noble impulse

• Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts. Helen Keller

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Find purity by spending time with children

• Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek. Sun Myung Moon

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Find purity by spending time in nature

• I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That’s where my heart lies. Mark Burnett
• Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity! George A. Smith
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Find purity through prayer

• Purity is the fruit of prayer. Mother Teresa
• Holy Purity is granted by God when it is asked for with humility. Josemaria Escriva
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Find purity by knowing and loving God

• 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. Blessed Mother Teresa
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Distract impure thoughts, rather than fight them head on

• In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some spiritual, or, at least, indifferent object. It is useful to combat other bad thoughts face to face, but not thoughts of impurity. Alphonsus Liguori

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The church and government exist in greater purity when not mixed together

• No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state. Felix Adler
• The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. Matthew Henry
• Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. James Madison
• And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. James Madison

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Purity and water analogies

• One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. Friedrich Nietzsche
• Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci
• What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turpid as its source? Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi Pietro
• The stream is always purer at its source. Blaise Pascal
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• I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. Mae West
• The price of purity is purists. Calvin Trillin
• I’m as pure as the driven slush. Tallulah Bankhead
• Purity is obscurity. Ogden Nash
• Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart. and cannot make a good soup.  Ludwig van Beethoven
• She’s so pure Moses couldn’t even part her knees.  Joan Rivers
• The truth is rarely pure and never simple.  Oscar Wilde

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