#purity

Rare is the union of beauty and purity. ↗

— Juvenal

#purity #rare #union

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#associate #blessed #came #children #dividing

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek. ↗

— Sun Myung Moon

#before #beings #capable #children #cynical

For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. ↗

— Rudolf Nureyev

#expression #i #intensity #me #mind

The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity. ↗

— John Strachan

#awakened #called #charm #christian #constitute

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin. ↗

— Criss Jami

#bitterness #correction #distinction #hatred #instigation

True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#fore #freedom #goodness #human #only

When you enter the House of God, you leave your ego at the door and embrace purity as if your life depended on it. ↗

— Sufian Chaudhary

#house-of-god #life #purity #spiritual-books #spirituality

Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves! ↗

— Honoré de Balzac

#girls #love #purity #self-sacrifice #suffering

The true essence of who you are, balances itself upon a cushion of purity, benevolence, and holiness. ↗

— Garey Gordon

#identity-love #purity-of-heart #love