(132 quotes found)
“In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence”
George Washington
“Women are concerned about the purity and welfare of the community. … While the father's love was related to mundane desires, the mother's love was related to spiritual concerns.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”
Buddha
“The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.”
Hugh Blair
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.”
Amy Irving
“It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord.”
“The Bush administration does not desire to see Islam practiced in its pristine purity.”
Louis Farrakhan
“Unity is divinity; purity is enlightenment.”
“At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss (Ananda).”
“One should not go into church if one wants to breathe pure air”
Friedrich Nietzsche