“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
Ludwig van Beethoven
“Purity of heart is to will one thing.”
Soren Kierkegaard
“Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and the of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.”
Chanakya
“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
“Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.”
James Arthur Baldwin
“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.”
Swami Sivananda
“To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.”
Guillaume Apollinaire