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Monday, June 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Quotations regarding 'Purity'

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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.
Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader (1869-1948)
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.
Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader (1869-1948)
The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader (1869-1948)
The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
Uri Geller, Israeli Entertainer (1946-  )
Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.
David Hare, English Playwright (1947-  )
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, British Historian (1813-1875)
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
Matthew Henry, English Clergyman (1662-1714)
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
Alfred Hitchcock, English Director (1899-1980)
Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
Eric Hoffer, American Writer (1902-1983)
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the purity of critical judgment.
Johan Huizinga, Dutch Historian (1872-1945)
All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.
Derek Jarman, British Director (1942-1994)
I don't think geometric art is... I don't like to call it that. I don't think it's any more pure than pop art or anything else. It doesn't have anything to do with purity.
Donald Judd, American Artist (1928-1994)
Rare is the union of beauty and purity.
Juvenal, Roman Poet
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
Thomas Kempis, German Writer
Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.
Thomas Kempis, German Writer
Purity of heart is to will one thing.
Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher (1813-1855)
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.
Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer (1929-  )
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, English Musician (1940-1980)
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
James Madison, American President (1751-1836)
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, American President (1751-1836)
 
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