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Quote by Thomas Kempis
By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity

By two wings a man is lifted up from things earthly: by simplicity and purity. – Thomas Kempis

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

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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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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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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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