"Let us at least say of religion that it means that every part of the body is infused with mind, not that the mind is overwhelmed and drowned in body. For the principal attribute of the Gods, without o..."
- Thornton Wilder
"The price the Virgin demanded was purity, and the way the educators of Catholic children have interpreted this for nearly two thousand years is sexual chastity. Impurity, we were taught, follows from ..."
- Marina Warner
"If contemporary Christians took seriously the possibility that those outside the boundaries of the church might hold the promise of renewal, if we ceased regarding ourselves as the source of salvation..."
- Greg Carey
"The path of prayer is way of purity."
- Lailah Gifty Akita
"The spirit of Christ dwells in a holy body."
"Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion."
- Criss Jami
"I took it for granted that there must be a few men left in the world who had that kind of strength. I assumed that those men would also be looking for women with principle. I did not want to be among ..."
- Elisabeth Elliot
"Keep your heart pure. Overlook an insult."
"What do you call yourself?" the Fawn said at last. Such a soft sweet voice it had!"I wish I knew!" thought poor Alice. She answered, rather sadly, "Nothing, just now.""Think again," it said: "that won..."
- Lewis Carroll
"When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin."