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The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, an

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond. – Henry David Thoreau

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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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To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. – Guillaume Apollinaire

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The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin. – Oscar Wilde

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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure. – Simone Weil

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