Top 74 Most Inspiring Quotes About Purity (LOVE)

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“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

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. - Mahatma Gandhi — I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. – Mahatma Gandhi

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. - Leonardo da Vinci — Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. – Leonardo da Vinci

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. - Swami Vivekananda — Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. – Swami Vivekananda

The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it there is nothing purer than that. - Rupi Kaur — The world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it there is nothing purer than that. – Rupi Kaur

“I’m not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human.”
C. JoyBell C.

To the pure, all things are pure. - Marcel Proust — To the pure, all things are pure. – Marcel Proust

Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. - Simone Weil — Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. – Simone Weil

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another. - Gautama Buddha — Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another. – Gautama Buddha

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace. - Phillips Brooks — The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace. – Phillips Brooks

20 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Purity

“A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the sea, no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will shine and attract all eyes. Thus the pure soul, which is hidden from the eyes of the world, will one day shine before the Angels in the sunshine of eternity.”
John Vianney

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. - Richard Moss — The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. – Richard Moss

“Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so.”
Athanasius

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. - Alfred Lord Tennyson — My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity. - Dorothea Dix — The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity. – Dorothea Dix

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. - Thomas A. Kempis — Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature. – Thomas A. Kempis

The plastic virtues purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. - Guillaume Apollinaire — The plastic virtues: purity, unity, and truth, keep nature in subjection. – Guillaume Apollinaire

As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A lot of times, people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don't execute. They lose the purity of their vision. You end up running around in circles. - Jan Koum — A lot of times, people start out with a lot of good ideas, but then they don’t execute. They lose the purity of their vision. You end up running around in circles. – Jan Koum

Unless you have a great deal of purity, it's difficult to retain the higher light. - Frederick Lenz — Unless you have a great deal of purity, it’s difficult to retain the higher light. – Frederick Lenz

The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer — The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one’s life to a larger goal. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. - Friedrich Nietzsche — One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. – Friedrich Nietzsche

I am too pure for you or anyone. - Sylvia Plath — I am too pure for you or anyone. – Sylvia Plath

And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. - Mitch Albom — And I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know. – Mitch Albom

Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light. - Frederick Lenz — Purity is receptivity, the ability to sit and wait patiently, for as long as necessary, for the coming of the light. – Frederick Lenz

Purity is the diamond of the soul. - Edward Counsel — Purity is the diamond of the soul. – Edward Counsel

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible. - Mahatma Gandhi — Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible. – Mahatma Gandhi

I am there where it is spoken that the universe is a defect in the purity of non-being. - Jacques Lacan — I am there where it is spoken that the universe is a defect in the purity of non-being. – Jacques Lacan

The primordial purity of the ground completely transcends words, concepts, and formulations. - Jamgon Kongtrul — The primordial purity of the ground completely transcends words, concepts, and formulations. – Jamgon Kongtrul

20 Quotes About Purity that Inspires Spirituality

“As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master’s service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart.”
John Wesley

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 — 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

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity. - Michael J. Fox — The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity. – Michael J. Fox

“A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.”
Saint Ambrose

Purity is the gatekeeper for everything precious and blissful in God's kingdom. - Eric Ludy — Purity is the gatekeeper for everything precious and blissful in God’s kingdom. – Eric Ludy

The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. - Matthew Henry — The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity. – Matthew Henry

“God, who knows our most secret thoughts and who sees all, is witness to the purity of my principles. They are not founded on this barbarous ferocity that takes pleasure in shedding human blood.”
Toussaint Louverture

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. - Saint Augustine — God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves. – Saint Augustine

A person who is not being purified from sin has no claim on being saved from it. - John MacArthur — A person who is not being purified from sin has no claim on being saved from it. – John MacArthur

“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

God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can see its secrets. All other efforts will fail. - Winkie Pratney — God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can see its secrets. All other efforts will fail. – Winkie Pratney

O Lord, keep our hearts, keep our eyes, keep our feet, and keep our tongues. - William Tiptaft — O Lord, keep our hearts, keep our eyes, keep our feet, and keep our tongues. – William Tiptaft

“When a man’s heart is right with God the mysterious utterances of the Bible are spirit and life to him. Spiritual truth is discernible only to a pure heart, not to a keen intellect. It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity of heart.”
Oswald Chambers

He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor. - William Gurnall — He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor. – William Gurnall

This desire for heart purity is a creation of the Holy Spirit at work in the heart. - Duncan Campbell — This desire for heart purity is a creation of the Holy Spirit at work in the heart. – Duncan Campbell

“Our world does not need to hear more people talk about God or even about Jesus if those people do not have a lifestyle that reinforces every word they utter. The interesting thing is that the closer we walk in intimacy with God, the less we have to say. Our very lives become a bold and beautiful testimony to the purity, the freedom, and the beauty of the Lord Jesus.”
Dennis F. Kinlaw

“Pure morality points you to the purest one of all. When impure, it points you to yourself. The purer your habits, the closer to God you will come. Moralizing from impure motives takes you away from God.”
Ravi Zacharias

“If thou hadst simplicity and purity, thou wouldst be able to comprehend all things without error, and behold them without danger. The pure heart safely pervades not only heaven, but hell.”
Thomas A. Kempis

“You must keep your memory clean and pure, as it were a wedlock chamber, from all strange thoughts, fancies and imaginations, and it must be trimmed and adorned with holy meditations and virtues of Christ’s holy crucified life and passion: That God may continually and ever rest therein.”
Robert Leighton

“There is no faithfulness like that which ought to be between a guide of souls and the person directed by him. They ought continually to regard each other in God, and closely to examine themselves, whether all their thoughts are pure, and all their words directed with Christian discretion. Other affairs are only the things of men; but these are peculiarly the things of God.”
John Wesley

3 Quotes About Purity and Women

“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

If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman. - Henry Ward Beecher — If there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman. – Henry Ward Beecher

The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. - Mahatma Gandhi — The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity. – Mahatma Gandhi

2 Quotes About Purity of Heart

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. - James Baldwin — Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

Purity of heart is to will one thing. - Soren Kierkegaard — Purity of heart is to will one thing. – Soren Kierkegaard

4 Quotes About Purity of Love

“I honestly do not know if love vanquishes death as our traditional faiths teach but I do know that our vulnerabilities trump our ideologies and that love leavens the purity and logic of our beliefs propelling us to connect as the fiercely gracious human beings we are.”
Irwin Kula

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. - Thomas A. Kempis — He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver. – Thomas A. Kempis

Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. - John Henry Newman — Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity. – John Henry Newman

It may be very difficult to keep the virtues of purity, passion, and sacrifice of love in real life. - Lee Min-ho — It may be very difficult to keep the virtues of purity, passion, and sacrifice of love in real life. – Lee Min-ho

2 Quotes About Purity and Peace

“Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.”
Thomas Merton

“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

2 Quotes About Purity and Beauty

“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

Rare is the union of beauty and purity. - Juvenal — Rare is the union of beauty and purity. – Juvenal

2 Quotes About Purity and Art

“What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.”
Henri Matisse

“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.”
John Lubbock

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“No calamity happens to those who eagerly follow auspicious customs and the rule of good conduct, to those who are always careful of purity, and to those who mutter, sacred texts and offer burnt oblations.”
Guru Nanak

To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. - Guillaume Apollinaire — To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. – Guillaume Apollinaire

It is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by its newspapers. - Harriet Martineau — It is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by its newspapers. – Harriet Martineau

“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 equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.”
Alfred Hitchcock

An all-white space has a purity that is refreshing and serene. - Mary Helen Bowers — An all-white space has a purity that is refreshing and serene. – Mary Helen Bowers

Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. - David Hare — Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. – David Hare

“Shakespeare, with an improved education and in a more enlightened age, might easily have attained the purity and correction of Racine; but nothing leads one to suppose that Racine in a barbarous age would have attained the grandeur, force and nature of Shakespeare.”
Horace Walpole

Purity in the heart is like medicine in the body, it expels disease. - Ich Dien — Purity in the heart is like medicine in the body, it expels disease. – Ich Dien

“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

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