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Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Scarlet Letter
Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind.
EMILE CIORAN, A Short History of Decay
Man flows at once to God when the channel of purity is open.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU, Walden
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.
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.
Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
SALMAN RUSHDIE, London Independent, Feb. 4, 1990
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
TALLULAH BANKHEAD, Saturday Evening Post, Apr. 12, 1947
- Purity
- Is obscurity.
OGDEN NASH, "Reflection On A Wicked World"
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