Purity And Love Quotes

Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself said, ‘Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.’

The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

God bestows more consideration on the purity of the intention with which our actions are performed than on the actions themselves.

There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior’s Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them I derive new life.

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss.

The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face, The heart whose softness harmonised the whole — And, oh! that eye was in itself a Soul!

In the realm of evil thoughts none induces to sin as much as do thoughts that concern the pleasure of the flesh.

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek.

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.

We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions.

A clean heart is a free heart. A free heart can love Christ with an undivided love in chastity, convinced that nothing and nobody will separate it from his love. Purity, chastity, and virginity created a special beauty in Mary that attracted God’s attention. He showed his great love for the world by giving Jesus to her.

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.

Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.

Filthy talk makes us feel comfortable with filthy action. But the one who knows how to control the tongue is prepared to resist the attacks of lust

In temptations against chastity, the spiritual masters advise us, not so much to contend with the bad thought, as to turn the mind to some spiritual, or, at least, indifferent object. It is useful to combat other bad thoughts face to face, but not thoughts of impurity.

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