No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can.
The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!
Simplicity reaches out after God; purity discovers and enjoys Him.
The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.
The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity.
People like beauty and purity. They pretend that's what it's all about.
Waiting on God means increasing purity.
I've never been one that thinks that the function of an instrument is to approach the purity of voice or the structure of a beautifully sung line.
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.
The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.
Had Passion and Purity never encountered, Tenderness had never come into the world.
Purity doesn't happen by accident; it requires obedience to God.
What power is higher than the power of purity?
. . . if you wish to get pure air into your room, or if you go for a walk in the fresh air, think of the pure and of the unclean heart. Many of us like to have pure air in the room (and this is an excellent habit), or are fond of walking in the fresh air, but they do not even think of the necessity of the purity of the spirit or heart (of, so to say, spiritual air, the breath of life); and, living in the fresh air, they allow themselves to indulge in impure thoughts, impure movements of the heart, and even impurity of language, and most impure carnal actions.
Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.
A life growing in its purity and devotion will be a more prayerful life.
Purity of heart is what enables us to see.
All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.