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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in hear

No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. – James Baldwin

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We are not na?ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job. – Jean Rostand

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As pure water poured into pure water becomes the very same, so does the Self of the illumined man or woman verily become one with the Godhead. – Katha Upanishad

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