PURITy quotes
Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold.
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. Courage, however kindled, is fanned by the breath of man: purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.
Evil into the mind of God or man, may come and go, and yet, if unapproved, still without sin.
There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple; if the ill spirit have so fair a house, good things will starve to dwell with it.
I pray thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.
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