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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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He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. – Thomas Kempis

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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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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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