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Purity Quotes - Page 5

Purity without balance is its own corruption.

V. E. Schwab (2015). “A Darker Shade of Magic: A Novel”, p.193, Macmillan

Purity is the power to contemplate defilement.

Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.122, Psychology Press

Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.

Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.290, Routledge

Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.

Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

A spirit is not necessarily purer, because it is disembodied.

Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now.

Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1861). “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed”, p.180

The price of purity is purists.

Calvin Trillin (1974). “American fried; adventures of a happy eater”